April 27, 2024. Posted by Periscope - Hellas
Nicosia.
Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus resumed late on Friday, a Cypriot source said, with a ship carrying food to the besieged Palestinian enclave after a pause following Israel's killing of seven aid workers.
The World Central Kitchen NGO paused aid to review its activity in the
territory after the early April attack, halting the direct shipments into Gaza
from Cyprus.
A small cargo vessel left the port of Larnaca on Friday night with aid
donated by the United Arab Emirates, a Cypriot source said.
Israel's six-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza, in response to an attack
by the militant group in southern Israel, has killed more than 34,000 people,
Palestinian health authorities say, and caused a humanitarian disaster for the
enclave's more than 2 million inhabitants.
The U.S. has started construction of a floating jetty on Gaza's
Mediterranean coast that will enable aid deliveries pre-screened in Cyprus with
Israeli oversight. Once that aid reaches Gaza, it will still need to pass
through Israeli checkpoints on land.
Reuters
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