Humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip keep flowing into Egypt’s Arish International Airport

CAIRO – 19 October 2023: Humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip kept flowing into Egypt’s Arish International Airport as new batches arrived from Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Venezuela, UNICEF, and WHO, in addition to the arrival of the biggest jet carrying aid, since the outbreak of the crisis, from Poland.

The European Union announced it had started a humanitarian aid bridge by operating the first flight on October 16, while the second arrived on October 19. Both flights carried a total of 56 tonnes of humanitarian cargo provided by UNICEF including medicines, shelter and hygiene kits. The aid items are being delivered to the Egyptian Red Crescent for distribution on the ground.

Furthermore, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced Thursday that Russia had dispatched 27 tons of humanitarian assistance to the besieged residents of Gaza.

A total of 150 lorries loaded with medical aid and food items, blankets, clothes and shrouds are currently awaiting entry to Gaza Strip at Egypt's Rafah Crossing.

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that a total of 3,785 had been killed and that 12,495 had been injured in Gaza since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the strip earlier this month.