ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s latest aid consignment for Gaza arrived this week at the EL Arish International Airport in Egypt, state-run media reported amid fresh fears of famine gripping the densely populated territory.
The consignment, measuring 100 tons of relief items, was dispatched via a chartered aircraft under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s directives, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan said in a report, by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with charity organization Al-Khidmat Foundation.
Pakistan has been repeatedly dispatching humanitarian relief items to Gaza, which has been reeling from food shortages and starvation, according to the global hunger monitor Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). On Friday, the IPC warned that famine is occurring in northern Gaza, and is projected to spread to central and southern areas of the territory by the end of September.
“The total humanitarian assistance provided to Gaza residents by the government and people of Pakistan so far has reached 1,915 tons,” Radio Pakistan said in a report on Saturday. “More consignments are on their way and will be delivered in the coming days to Palestinians inside Gaza.”
