US Army Vessel En Route To Gaza With Humanitarian Supplies
The U.S. has deployed an aid ship to the Eastern Mediterranean after President Joe Biden promised to help Gaza.
The US Army Vessel General Frank S. Besson departed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis less than thirty-six hours after Biden’s announcement.
The US Army Vessel General Frank S. Besson departed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis less than thirty-six hours after Biden’s announcement.
The development comes after the United Nations issued warnings about widespread starvation in Gaza.
Gaza, which lacks port facilities, has significant obstacles to accessing relief, with the majority of the population internally displaced.
The United States has chosen to use Cyprus as a screening point for supplies headed for Gaza.
The American nonprofit organisation World Central Kitchen is sending 200 tonnes of food from Cyprus on a Spanish humanitarian ship to Gaza.
The number of casualties in Gaza is rising as the humanitarian crisis worsens.
A recent Israeli airstrike on a residence in Gaza City killed at least nine Palestinians, including children.