A first boat from the Spanish NGO Open Arms is due to leave Larnaca, in southern Cyprus, to deliver food, water and vital supplies. The idea is to bring this aid directly to the north of the Gaza Strip and unload it using a barge which would be towed all the way.
A first boat should arrive this Sunday in Gaza, according to Ursula von der Leyen, who wanted to thank Open Arms and the NGO World Central Kitchen. If these maritime convoys materialize, it would be the first easing of the naval blockade imposed on Gaza by Israel since 2007.