FILE – India sends humanitarian aid bound for Gaza to Arish International Airport
Dec 22,
2023. Posted by Balkan
Periscope - Hellas
Cairo.
North Sinai's El-Arish International Airport has received 331 planes
carrying thousands of tons of relief aid, ambulances, field hospitals, and
necessary equipment bound for Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the
strip.
The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said it has moved the shipments to Gaza from Arish city through the Rafah border crossing.
Over the past hours, the airport received four planes coming from Kenya,
Belgium, Russia, and Jordan.
The plane from Belgium carried 52.4 tons of blankets and medications, while
the plane from Kenya carried 38.1 tons of relief aid.
Moreover, the plane coming from Russia carried 18.2 tons of medical
supplies and the other Jordanian plane carried 13.2 tons of food and relief
materials.
Countries that have sent aid to the airport for Gaza are Kuwait, Turkey,
Qatar, UAE, Russia, Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Indonesia, France, Morocco, Saudi
Arabia, Pakistan, Bahrain, England, Brazil, Tunisia, Venezuela, India, Kenya,
Colombia, Malaysia, Greece, Libya, Turkmenistan, Poland, Denmark, Oman,
Chechnya, Belgium, Kenya, and Germany.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, Egypt has dispatched hundreds of
humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza. Egypt’s local organizations have accounted for
most of the aid, while the country has continued to receive aid planes from
numerous countries around the clock.
Egypt Today
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