European Union President von der Leyen says she hopes to begin transporting relief supplies by sea as early as this weekend. Countries have been dropping supplies from the air to the Gaza Strip, but serious food shortages remain unresolved.

Cyprus has been gathering aid supplies at the port of Larnaca in the southeast and planning to send them by ship to theGaza Strip, approximately 400 kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. White House have announced new plans to transport supplies bySea. It shows the policy we are aiming for.