ndelivered Gaza aid returned to Cyprus
Apr 04, 2024
Gaza [Palestine], April 4: A sea convoy of undelivered food for Gaza has been returned to Cyprus after the killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli air raid on Monday evening.
A cargo ship carrying 240 tonnes of food sailed back
to Larnaca in Cyprus following the deadly attack, dropping anchor just outside the port.
A second ship arrived earlier, the Open Arms, owned by a Spanish NGO working with World Central Kitchen, whose aid workers were the victims of Israel's attack.
The undelivered aid was part of a consignment of about 340 tonnes sent to Gaza from Cyprus on March 30. The aid workers killed in Gaza had just finished work unloading 100 tonnes from a barge, also sent from Cyprus.
Meanwhile, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has announced that the UN has suspended movements at night in the Gaza Strip for at least 48 hours to evaluate security issues.
The suspension, which began on Tuesday, follows Israel's killing of seven aid workers in the enclave.
The World Food Programme is continuing operations during the day, including daily efforts to send convoys to the north of Gaza "where people are dying," Dujarric said.
"As famine closes in we need humanitarian staff and supplies to be able to move freely and safely across the Gaza Strip," he told reporters.
In the meantime, Gaza's media office has said two more Palestinian journalists have been killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the enclave.
That brought the total number of journalists
and media representatives killed since October 7 to 140, it said.
Source: Qatar Tribune
