UAE, Cyprus Issue Joint Statement, Condemn Israeli Attack on World Central Kitchen Aid Workers

The United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and World Central Kitchen, through the Amalthea Initiative, aim to provide urgent humanitarian aid and supplies to the Gaza Strip to prevent a famine in northern Gaza and prevent further suffering in the Strip, through the safe delivery and distribution of food supplies.

The two countries emphasized that the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza requires the adoption of a collective international approach to immediately mitigate the threat to innocent lives, ensuring urgent, safe, unimpeded and sustainable delivery of aid.

Palestinian families urgently need essential items to prevent the health situation from deteriorating further. It is therefore imperative that Israel exercises its responsibility to protect humanitarian workers who should be able to carry out this vital work safely and without fear of losing their lives.