Israel-Hamas conflict: How the UAE airlift is delivering vital aid to Gaza – News
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KT journalists board fifth flight from Dubai with 9 tons of aid material for Palestinians
United Arab Emirates C130 – DAW aircraft at Al Arish Air Base in Egypt. — Photos by Muhammad Sajjad
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, a UAE airlift is helping to transport vital medical supplies, food kits and other relief items to Palestinians affected by the war in the Gaza Strip. A flight containing the fifth shipment from Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) landed in Al Arish, Egypt, on Monday, carrying more than 9 tonnes of humanitarian aid from the World Health Organization stockpile.
An official from Dubai International Humanitarian City (IHC) monitors relief materials unloaded at Al Arish Air Base.
Khaleej Times was on board the seven-hour flight that transported the vital supplies to Al Arish, which is about 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing on the Gaza border.
Supplies will be stored in a warehouse. Now that aid is slowly arriving in Gaza, these essential items will soon reach the Palestinians.
So far, the Dubai Airlift has helped transport 46.15 tonnes of aid on five C130 military cargo flights. These supplies will benefit more than 65,000 Palestinians.
Food and medical supplies are unloaded at Al Arish Air Base in Egypt.
Across the border, more than 2.3 million Gazans are rapidly running out of food, water and medicine.
Officials checking food and medical supplies unloaded at Al Arish air base in Egypt.
At the Al Arish military base, hundreds of Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers work tirelessly to unload essential items arriving by plane from all over the world. After separating the materials, they load them onto trucks bound for Gaza.
Medical supplies for Gaza residents are being loaded onto the plane by Dubai International Humanitarian City (IHC) at Dubai Royal Air Wing.
Volunteers Khaleej Times spoke to expressed gratitude to the United Arab Emirates, which was among the first to respond to the crisis. They said all materials would be transported to Gaza, as long as the border remains open.
Relief items for Palestinians in Gaza are being loaded onto the plane at the Royal Air Wing in Dubai.
Khaled Zayed, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent in North Sinai, said: “We want to assure the people of Gaza that we are very well prepared to meet their needs.
Team of Egyptian Red Crescent volunteers after unloading emergency relief materials received from Dubai at Al Arish Air Base in Egypt.
“Only about 20 trucks can cross the border daily,” he said.
Relief materials are being loaded onto the C130 – DAW aircraft in Dubai.
The United Nations estimates that about 100 trucks a day are needed to meet the needs of Gazans, whose humanitarian situation has been described as “catastrophic.”
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