Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
The UAE continues to provide relief aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip, within the framework of “Operation Gallant Knight 3,” which was ordered by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, may God protect him, on the fifth of last November.
The total number of UAE aid provided to the brotherly Palestinian people as of yesterday amounted to 22,627 tons, as 224 cargo planes were sent, and the total number of tons for the “Birds of Good” airdrop operation reached 3,344 tons, in partnership with Jordan, 68 tons, and the total number of trucks that entered Gaza reached 803. In addition to 3 cargo ships, the total number of land transport trucks from Cairo to Al-Arish reached 440 trucks.
In addition, the number of cases received by the field hospital inside Gaza reached 20,503 cases, and the number of cases received inside the UAE reached 611 cases, and the number of cases received by the floating hospital in Al-Arish reached 154 cases, with a total of 21,268 medical cases.
As part of “Operation Gallant Knight 3,” the UAE opened 6 water desalination plants, which it established in the Egyptian city of Rafah, to pump drinking water to the residents of Gaza, with a total capacity of one million and 200 thousand gallons per day, which is pumped to the Strip, benefiting more than 600 thousand people. The success of the process of pumping water into the Strip, in conditions during which the residents of Gaza suffer from a scarcity of clean water, as the water line supplies the shelter centers with their necessary daily needs of drinking water.
On October 15, the UAE took the initiative to launch the “Compassion for Gaza” campaign to provide relief to the Palestinian brothers affected by the war in the Gaza Strip, in a sincere expression of the UAE’s approach to solidarity and humanitarian cooperation, in cooperation with the World Food Programme, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, And the Ministry of Community Development.
On November 18, the first plane carrying 15 children and their families arrived in the UAE, as part of the initiative of His Highness the President of the State to treat a thousand Palestinian children and their families from the Gaza Strip in hospitals in the UAE, to provide all types of medical and health care they need. To them in state hospitals until they recover and return. On the same day, His Highness directed to host a thousand Palestinians suffering from cancer from the Gaza Strip of different age groups, to receive treatments and all types of health care they need in state hospitals.
Commitment to the humanitarian positions that the state and its leadership do not deviate from; In light of its special interest in helping the Palestinian brothers in light of the current circumstances, the UAE confirms its continued support for them through various mechanisms and means, most notably the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which is facing the suspension of many donor countries, most notably the United States, Britain, and Canada. For the assistance it provides to the UN agency, which is striving to reduce the catastrophic situation in the Gaza Strip.
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