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On the brink of famine, the first ship with humanitarian aid arrives on the coast of Gaza

Politiko 2024-03-16 10:11:25

On the brink of famine, the first ship with humanitarian aid arrives on the

The first ship towing a humanitarian aid barge to Gaza has unloaded supplies ashore.

The Spanish ship Open Arms left Cyprus on Tuesday with 200 tons of food needed for Gaza, which the UN says c.

Videos posted online show a crane moving crates from barges to trucks waiting at a purpose-built wharf, writes the BBC .

It marks the start of a trial to see if sea deliveries are effective, as air and land deliveries proved difficult.

World Central Kitchen (WCK), which supplied the food, carried out the mission in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to deliver the barge's load of rice, flour, pulses, canned vegetables and canned protein.

Gaza does not have a functioning port, so a jetty jutting out from the coastline was built by the WCK team. How the food will be distributed in Gaza remains unclear.

WCK founder, celebrity chef José Andrés, wrote on X (ex-Twitter) that all the food aid from the barge had been loaded onto 12 trucks.

In a statement, Israel said the Open Arms ship and its cargo were inspected in Cyprus and that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops were deployed to secure the coastline.

If this naval mission is deemed successful, other aid ships are likely to follow as part of an international effort to get more aid to Gaza. Ships would use a newly opened sea route to travel directly to the region.

The US is also planning to build its own floating dock off the coast to increase shipping at sea.  

 

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