A ship loaded with 200 tons of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza left from Cyprus’s Larnaca port on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for Spanish charity Open Arms told AFP.
The tow boat and barge embarked on the journey at around 06:50 GMT, the first such shipment along a maritime corridor from Cyprus aimed at carrying aid to desperate Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
With the volume of aid entering Gaza by land far below pre-war levels and aid agencies warning of famine, foreign governments including Washington have turned to airdrops and are now also trying to set up a maritime aid corridor.
Cyprus is the nearest EU member state to Gaza and the bloc has thrown its support behind the island’s plans for the maritime aid corridor.
The aid despatched for Gaza includes “rice, flour, legumes, canned veggies and proteins,” the World Central Kitchen said on X, formerly Twitter.
“Our relief team is working to send as many aid boats as possible.”
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