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- Kuwait Red Crescent Society helping deliver aid, in collaboration with charities, ministries
- Latifa Al-Meer of KRCS says charity is continuing to send humanitarian convoys following directives from Kuwaiti leadership
LONDON: Kuwait dispatched its ninth relief aircraft on Monday to assist Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as part of the country鈥檚 humanitarian Kuwait is by Your Side campaign.
The Kuwait Red Crescent Society, in collaboration with charities and relevant ministries, loaded 40 tonnes of food and aid relief onto an aircraft which took off from Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base heading to Al-Arish Airport in Egypt.
Latifa Al-Meer, a board member of the KRCS, told the Kuwait News Agency that the charity was continuing to send humanitarian convoys to Gaza following directives from the leadership to address urgent needs in the Palestinian coastal enclave.
She stressed the need for an immediate response and increased efforts from humanitarian organizations to address the critical needs in Gaza. Al-Meer added that the KRCS prepared the shipment of essential food aid for families in Gaza, aided by the Al-Salam Humanitarian Society.
She acknowledged the efforts of Kuwait鈥檚 Embassy in Egypt and the Egyptian Red Crescent in facilitating the delivery of aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
The second phase of Kuwaiti air support has transported about 150 tonnes of essential humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, demonstrating Kuwait鈥檚 commitment to international relief and solidarity, KUNA added.