The “Open Arms” ship arrived on Friday off the coast of the Gaza Strip with 200 tons of aid after a three-day journey from Cyprus, becoming on the first ship to use the humanitarian corridor recently opened by the island to provide assistance to the population of Gaza, after more than five months of military offensive by Israel.
“The ‘Open Arms’, on its joint mission with World Central Kitchen, is already off the coast of Gaza, after 72 hours of sailing from Larnaca, Cyprus,” the organization wrote in a message on its social network account .
Open Armas approaches Gaza. Photo: AFP He pointed out that the ship is carrying a 200-ton cargo of “flour, rice, lentils, chickpeas, tuna and other staple foods that will become a million meals.” “We will never forget this moment. It’s history,” she said before thanking chef José Andrés and the “great team” of World Central Kitchen for their collaboration in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The ‘Open Arms’ trip is the first of the so-called Operation ‘Amalthea’ which aims to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor between Cyprus and the Palestinian enclave. However, now they are important to us logistical and safety challenges for disembarkation and the distribution of aid in the Strip, which will previously be subject to controls by the Israeli authorities.
Source: Clarin
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