A special Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Russian Emergencies Ministry flew to the Egyptian city of El-Arish, where it will distribute more than 20 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of the Gaza Strip. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the department.
It was noted that humanitarian aid included food and basic needs. Fundraising was initiated by the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic.
Previously, humanitarian aid cargo was sent to the Gaza Strip. unified On the initiative of the Government of the Republic of Ingushetia.
The situation in the Middle East escalated further when thousands of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip entered Israel on October 7 as part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque Flood and took more than 200 people hostage. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedWhen it was said that the country was at war, the Israeli operation was called “Iron Swords”.
Since the first day of the operation, Israel has launched massive rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip, while water, food, electricity and fuel supplies to the region have been stopped. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be made from the Rafah checkpoint on the Egyptian border only after October 20.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. Before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. Clashes still continue in the center of Gaza.
Russians who previously fled the Gaza Strip said about life in a war zone.