Jordan delivers 70 trucks of humanitarian aid to north Gaza

A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip drives at the Kerem Shalom (Karm Abu Salem) border crossing between southern Israel and Gaza. (File/AFP)
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  • Trucks include food parcels, medical supplies and medicines, will be distributed to Palestinian civilians

AMMAN: Jordan announced on Sunday that a convoy of 70 trucks containing humanitarian aid had entered northern Gaza, Jordan News Agency reported.

The contents of the trucks, including food parcels, medical supplies and medicines, will be distributed to Palestinian civilians via partner associations and organizations in the northern areas of the enclave.

The convoy was sent by the Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Army and the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization. It was sent in collaboration with the World Food Programme and funded by several organizations and businesses, among them Islamic Relief Worldwide, the Kuwait Society for Relief, Al-Imdaad Association, Taalof Alkhair and Arabian Medical Relief.

JHCO Secretary-General Hussein Shibli warned that the suffering of Gaza’s population could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe, with reports pointing to an impending famine in Gaza.

Shibli said that Jordanian efforts to deliver humanitarian aid are ongoing and that, to date, the number of trucks to have entered Gaza had reached 2,110, in addition to 53 planes via El-Arish in Egypt.