According to reports, air dropped aid will not be adequate and a ship carrying humanitarian aid will set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza. Reportedly, the vessel, ‘Open arms’ owned by a spanish charity of the same name is scheduled to depart from Cyprus and will tow a barge laden with 200 tonnes of food provided by u.s. charity, World Central Kitchen.
According to the report, the vessel will take two or three days to reach an undisclosed location where a team from the World Central Kitchen have been building a pier to receive the aid. Reportedly, the group has sixty kitchens throughout Gaza.