El Arish, 14 October 2023 (WAI): Türkiye military jet on October 13, bringing humanitarian supplies for Palestinians in Gaza, landed at El Arish Airport in Egypt.
At El Arish Airport, the Turkish Red Crescent, in collaboration with the Egyptian Red Crescent, loaded assistance supplies onto trucks.
The assistance goods will be passed via the Rafah border crossing by Turkish Red Crescent workers engaged in cargo operations in Egypt.
They will give them to the Gazan people in collaboration with Turkiye’s relief groups, the Egyptian Red Crescent, and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The Turkish Red Crescent, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, and the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) assisted in delivering assistance goods to the inhabitants of Gaza.
Other assistance goods intended for Gazan citizens’ needs will continue to be put onto flights and sent to Gaza.
Aid announcement to Gaza
On October 12, the Turkish Red Crescent proclaimed Turkiye’s preparedness to transport humanitarian relief items to Palestine in collaboration with the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescents after establishing a secure atmosphere.
The Turkish Red Crescent further stated that Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip impeded direct delivery of assistance supplies from Turkiye to the region.
The Turkish Red Crescent, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, and the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) assisted in delivering assistance goods to the inhabitants of Gaza.
Other assistance goods intended for Gazan citizens’ needs will continue to be put onto flights and sent to Gaza.
On October 12, the Turkish Red Crescent proclaimed Türkiye’s preparedness to transport humanitarian relief items to Palestine in collaboration with the Palestinian and Egyptian Red Crescents after establishing a secure atmosphere.
The Turkish Red Crescent further stated that Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian Gaza Strip impeded direct delivery of assistance supplies from Türkiye to the region.
Türkiye’s President on aid to Gaza
On October 13, Türkiye President Tayyip Erdogan talked about the recent delivery of Turkish aid to Gaza via Egypt during the Closing Ceremony of the 4th Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum at Istanbul Congress Center.
President Erdogan emphasized that the Israeli administration should enable humanitarian supplies to be sent to Palestinians via the Rafah border crossing.
“We sent a humanitarian aid plane to El Arish Airport this morning, which contains medicine, durable food, canned goods, diapers, and medical supplies,” President Erdogan stated.
Our jet, which has been delivering first aid supplies to the region since the fighting began, arrived at the airport around midday today.”
“We are going to keep sending humanitarian aid to Gaza in close collaboration with the brotherly Egyptian authorities,” President Erdogan underlined.
At a time when millions of people are facing famine, shutting off humanitarian aid to Palestinians has etched a fresh humiliation on the faces of those who made this choice.”
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President Erdogan also blasted US and British intentions to send aircraft carriers to Israel in the face of Palestinian suffering.
“We say openly that we never have and will never approve of such attacks as the bombing of mosques, hospitals, and civilian settlements,” he said in his address. The siege, which exacerbates the humanitarian situation in Gaza, clearly leaves the region vulnerable to provocations.
President Erdogan repeatedly stated in his remarks that collectively punishing the Gazan people would result in further hardship.
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