A ship carrying food, which has been planned by the European Union and others to support the residents of the Gaza Strip who are suffering from severe food shortages, arrived on the coast of the Gaza Strip on the 15th and began unloading.
In the future, the focus will be on whether maritime transport can help improve the critical humanitarian situation.
In the Gaza Strip, where Israel's military operations continue, supplies have not made enough progress, and the U.S. military and others have been dropping food from transport planes using parachutes, but health authorities in the Gaza Strip have so far reported that 27 people in the northern part of the country have died. Food shortages are becoming more serious, with children reportedly dying from malnutrition.
Under these circumstances, in order to deliver more relief supplies to the local area, the EU, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries are working together to plan marine transportation, with a ship carrying food departing from a port in southeastern Cyprus on the 12th of this month. I was there.
The ship arrived on the northern coast of the Gaza Strip on the 15th, and the American NGO World Central Kitchen, which was responsible for transporting the food, said on social media that it was "unloading much-needed food." They announced that they are preparing to deliver 200 tons of food, equivalent to 500,000 meals, to residents.
In addition, preparations have already begun for the second flight to depart, so the focus will be on whether maritime transport can help improve the critical humanitarian situation.