A second shipment of 400 tons of food is expected to arrive in the coming days. “Entry by land allows for a large-scale response,” UNRWA warned, because “deliveries by sea and air are far more expensive and inefficient than shipping trucks by land.”
The NGO ship ‘Open arms’ and from World Central Cuisine (WCK) reached the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip this afternoon and is already unloading part of its cargo 200 tons of food that transports
“They are already unloading via a crane truck”This was confirmed by sources from the ship, which inaugurates the first maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza with the aim of alleviating hunger in Palestinian land, given the little aid Israel is still allowing by land after five months of carnage.
“Today, World Central Kitchen aims to provide 37 million meals in Gaza,” its founder, celebrity chef José Andrés, has just published on the social network X.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country that has cooperated with World Central Kitchen and Cyprus on this maritime corridor, has in turn confirmed the “success” of the arrival of humanitarian aid north of the Strip and praised the “vital efforts of Cypriot leaders, the World Central Kitchen and international partners to strengthen the humanitarian response.”
However, he recalled that “the worsening of the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip requires the adoption of a collective international approach” to prevent the civilian population from continuing to suffer and to sustainably address the “urgent, safe (and) barrier-free” situation can guarantee. delivery” of aid.
“While any increase in aid to Gaza is essential, entering land is what will enable a large-scale response,” the agency warned on Thursday. UNRWA it’s a statement. “Humanitarian actors have stated that deliveries by sea and air are possible much more expensive and inefficient than sending trucks overland,” he added.
The arrival is expected in the coming days a second shipment with 400 tons of food, stranded in the Cypriot port of LarnacaJuan Camilo Jiménez, WCK Response Manager, confirmed this on Thursday.
85% of Gaza’s population has been displaced and, according to the UN, 60% of its infrastructure has been damaged or completely destroyed. Much of the population is starving and according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 27 people, mostly infants, have died from acute malnutrition in the northern Gaza Strip alone. In total, the number of fatalities is around 31,500 and more than 73,400 are injured, of which 72% are women and children.
Source: EITB
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