Egypt’s Arish airport received 305 humanitarian aid planes since Gaza war started: ERC

CAIRO – 15 December 2023: North Sinai's El-Arish International Airport has received 305 planes carrying 8,500 tons of relief aid, ambulances, field hospitals, and necessary equipment bound for Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the strip.

The Egyptian Red Crescent (ERC) said it has moved the shipments to Gaza from Arish city through the Rafah border crossing.

Over the past hours, the airport received two planes coming from Saudi Arabia; the first carried 23,914 tons of relief aid and medical supplies, while the second moved 2,045 tons of aid and two ambulances, the ERC said.

Moreover, a plane coming from Jordan carrying 18,50 tons of clothes and medical supplies and another Belgian plane carrying 29,94 tons of medical supplies landed at the airport.

Countries that have sent aid to the airport for Gaza are Kuwait, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Russia, Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Indonesia, France, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bahrain, England, Brazil, Tunisia, Venezuela, India, Kenya, Colombia, Malaysia, Greece, Libya, Turkmenistan, Poland, Oman, Chechnya, and Belgium.

Since the start of the war in Gaza, Egypt has dispatched hundreds of humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza. Egypt’s local organizations have accounted for most of the aid, while the country has continued to receive aid planes from numerous countries around the clock.