2023-10-23 22:19:00
CAIRO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — New planes carrying humanitarian aid to the conflict-torn Gaza Strip landed at El-Arish airport in Egypt’s Sinai governorate on Monday North.
Planes from Algeria, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip arrived at the airport located less than 50 km from the border crossing of Rafah, announced the Egyptian Red Crescent on its official Facebook page.
At the same time, the official Ahram Gate news site reported, El Arish airport also welcomed two World Health Organization (WHO) planes carrying aid to Gaza, the Ahram Gate public information website.
For his part, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Monday that Turkey had sent two cargo planes to Egypt carrying medical equipment and supplies for the Gaza Strip, which would be followed by two others with more supplies. .
Earlier today, the Egyptian Red Crescent said it had delivered a new aid convoy to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society via the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, for its part, confirmed having received the third convoy of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid bringing food, water, medicine and medical equipment.
Also earlier in the day, the North Sinai governorate for its part indicated in a press release that at least 27 humanitarian planes had landed at El-Arish airport since October 12, also transporting aid from many countries, including Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Turkey and Brazil, as well as United Nations agencies.
The Gaza Strip has been subjected for two weeks to a deadly Israeli siege and strikes in retaliation for the attack by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, which controls Gaza, against Israel on October 7. The conflict between the Jewish state and Hamas has so far cost more than 6,000 lives on both sides. END
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