Two more Egyptian aid planes, Egyptian medics sent to Lebanon

CAIRO - 15 August 2020: The Egyptian airlift’s fifth and sixth aid-laden planes arrived on Saturday at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.

The 14-ton assistance carried by each plane was sent in line with directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to support Lebanon after a recent massive Beirut blast which left behind about 6,000 people injured.

The first stage of the airlift included sending four aircraft which carried foodstuff, especially flour to help Lebanese bakeries to go on after Lebanon lost its strategic stock of wheat and flour.

 

 

Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport also received an Egyptian plane carrying medical staff and surgeons sent by Egypt to offer medical assistance to Lebanon.

Earlier, al-Sisi issued directives on establishing an airlift between Cairo and Beirut to carry large amounts of food aid and other relief supplies to the Lebanese people, stressing that the airlift should be grouping a specialised medical staff to help offer medical assistance to those harmed by the blast which left about 6,000 persons wounded.

The Beirut Arab University Healthcare Center (BAUHC) is hosting the Egyptian medical staff which groups 21 senior specialized doctors from major, prestigious Egyptian universities.

The Egyptian plane also contained about half a ton of medical and surgical tools and supplies on board.

Two other planes, each of them carrying 14 tons of urgent relief aid, are due to land in Lebanon later in the day as part of the second phase of the Egyptian airlift.