Aid shipments from Cyprus to Gaza resumed late on Friday, according to a Cypriot source and a UAE official, with a ship carrying food to the Palestinian enclave after a pause over the killing of seven aid workers.
The NGO World Central Kitchen had halted its operation to review its activity in the territory after the April attack, paralyzing direct shipments from Cyprus to Gaza.
A small cargo ship left Larnaca port on Friday night with humanitarian aid donated by the UAE, according to the Cypriot source and the Emirati official.
“The UAE confirms the departure of its humanitarian ship from Cyprus carrying 400 tons of food aid for the population of Gaza,” the official said.
“The UAE continues to explore all avenues with its regional and international partners to address the urgent humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and maximize the delivery of aid to the Strip by land, air and sea.”
Israel’s six-month war against Hamas in Gaza, in response to an attack by the militant group in southern Israel, has killed more than 34,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, and caused a humanitarian disaster for the more than 2 million people living in Gaza. inhabitants of the enclave.
The US has begun construction of a floating pier off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza that will allow pre-screened aid deliveries to Cyprus with Israeli oversight. When they arrive in Gaza, they will still need to pass through Israeli checkpoints on land.
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