UAE delivers 65 tonnes of critical medical supplies for Gaza
The shipment includes 11 trucks carrying critical supplies to ease the acute medicine shortage and enhance the capacity of hospitals and health care centres in the Strip.
It comes after the UAE carried out the the 60th airdrop of humanitarian aid as part of the 'Operation Birds of Goodness'' campaign to deliver critical relief to areas that are inaccessible by land due to current field conditions. Each drop includes a variety of food items and urgent humanitarian supplies.
The total amount of aid airdropped has exceeded 3,807 tonnes, comprising various food and relief materials designated to assist Palestinians in the most severely affected areas.
Alongside the airdrops, the UAE also sent 58 aid trucks into Gaza on Wednesday through multiple land crossings.
It is part of the UAE's Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 campaign to provide multi-sectoral support to Gaza, including in food, shelter, education and healthcare to support the Palestinian people and ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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