Last Updated: October 19, 2023, 12:18 IST
A woman reacts while holding a pillow as she stands amidst debris outside the site of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza on October 18, 2023 in the aftermath of an overnight blast there (Image: AFP)
Russia sends 27 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza civilians through Egypt, while Biden unveils deal for aid to enter Gaza amid Israeli air strikes
Russia on Thursday sent 27 tonnes of humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip to be transported from Egypt, Moscow’s emergency situations ministry said.
“A special plane has taken off from the airport at Ramenskoye near Moscow for El-Arish in Egypt. The Russian humanitarian aid will be handed over to the Egyptian Red Crescent to be sent to the Gaza Strip,” deputy minister Ilya Denisov said in a statement. Denisov said the aid comprised “wheat, sugar, rice (and) pasta”.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes.
After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of trucks would be allowed to cross the shuttered Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza from Friday.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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