Al-Arish Airport receives Jordan’s 1st shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza

CAIRO – 12 October 2023: Jordan has sent its 1st shipment of international humanitarian aid to Al-Arish Airport in preparation to be delivered to the people of Gaza, Egyptian Red Crescent in North Sinai announced Thursday.

 

It was added that that the 12 tons-Jordanian shipment includes medicines and urgently needed humanitarian aid.

The Red Crescent said that they are expecting more aid from all of the Arab countries to be sent to Gaza, noting that they available 24 hours a day to receive aid from countries.

 

Egypt was one of the first countries to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, as the Egyptian Red Crescent managed to send up to 2 tons of Egyptian humanitarian and medical aid to Palestine.

More aid is being stored and prepared to be delivered to Gaza, as soon as the Egyptian-led truce is reached.

Also, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed to send humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through Egypt.

The Iraqi government is in coordination with the Egyptian authorities for delivering medical aid and supplies, and urgent humanitarian needs for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, who are being air stricken by Israelis, the Iraqi Cabinet said in a statement.

In a statement issued Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt called on countries and organizations willing to providing aid to the Palestinians in Gaza to send the cargos to Arish International Airport which has been designated by the Egyptian authorities to receive international aid.

The ministry negated the closure of Rafah Crossing since the beginning of the crisis, clarifying that the crossing’s basic facilities on the Palestinian side had been destroyed because of the recurrent Israeli strikes, and as a consequence, it could not operate normally.