A Ship belonging to a Spanish non-governmental organization (NGO) started downloading this Friday 200 tons of food in the Gaza Stripafterwards threatened by famine More than five months of war between Israel and Hamas.
The Islamist movement in power in Gaza proposed a ceasefire and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners on lower terms than before. Israel announced that it would send a delegation to Qatar to resume these negotiations.
The Spanish NGO ship Open armswhich set sail from the Cypriot port of Larnaca on Tuesday, has inaugurated an open maritime corridor at the initiative of the European Union with support from other countries.
It was towing a barge belonging to another NGO, World Central Kitchen (WCK, owned by Spanish chef José Andrés), The company began transporting supplies to a makeshift pier built southwest of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, WCK spokeswoman Linda Roth told AFP.
UN warns of impending famine in Gaza
“Doctors no longer see normal-sized babies” in Gazadeclared a UN official, who said he was “shocked” by the 180 hungry and dehydrated women who, on average, give birth every day in Palestinian territory.
The situation is particularly serious in the north of the Gaza Strip, which is devastated by fighting and faces a chaotic situation and looting that makes distribution of supplies virtually impossible.
On Thursday, Hamas accused the Israeli army of firing from “tanks and helicopters” at people waiting for a flour distribution in a square in Gaza City.At least 20 people were killed and 155 were injured.
The Israeli army assured that it was “armed Palestinians” who opened fire against the crowd.
At Al Shifa Hospital, the largest in the territory’s north, an AFP worker saw ambulances carrying bodies and the injured. AFP