Two shipments of aid arrived in Gaza over the weekend – the first since Israel started bombing the Palestinian enclave in the wake of a deadly Hamas attack on October 7.
The besieged enclave, home to 2.3 million people, has been in dire need of humanitarian aid after Israel cut off food, fuel and electricity supplies before launching a bombing campaign.
More than 4,600 Palestinians, more than a third of them children, have been killed in the relentless bombardments. Israel says it’s targeting Hamas fighters who killed more than 1,400 people in the October 7 attack in southern Israel.
Here’s what we know about the humanitarian aid being sent to Gaza:
Which countries have sent aid to Gaza?
- At least eight planes carrying aid from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan and Tunisia have landed at El Arish International Airport in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
- India has sent medical and disaster relief to El Arish on Sunday.
- Rwanda has sent 16 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- The European Union is launching an air bridge and has tripled its assistance to the territory.
- However, some EU countries – including Germany, Denmark and Sweden – have temporarily suspended their aid to Gaza as a response to the Hamas attacks.
chile will send aid soon as well.