ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will be sending today, Sunday, 100 tons of humanitarian aid supplies for Palestine, the authority said.
The development comes days after Israel allowed aid into Gaza and lifted months of blockade of the territory, following international outcry stoked by images of malnourished children, however, the scale is deemed woefully insufficient by international organizations.
Nearly 1,400 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip while waiting for aid since May 27, the majority by the Israeli army, the United Nations said on Friday. The Israeli army denies any targeting, insisting it only fires “warning shots” when people approach too close to its positions.
The NDMA said it had completed preparations to send a 100-ton consignment carrying relief items for Palestine and the aid flight will depart from the Islamabad airport on Sunday evening.
“A hundred tons of aid will reach Amman, Jordan through a special flight,” it said. “The aid consignment consists of food items and medicines.”
