Pilot project will have to survive, maintain and expand food deliveries until the US sets up a temporary pier
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen and Cyprus's president Nikos Christodoulides arriving for a press conference in Larnaca, Cyprus. Von der Leyen is visiting Cyprus for talks on a maritime aid corridor from the island to Gaza. Photograph: Iakovos Hatzistavrou/AFPA maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza set to open this weekend is the second best option for providing food, water and medicine for hungry, ailing, and homeless Palestinians trapped in the narrow coastal strip.
Organisers of the scheme and Gazans will both be tested by what happens once the first trial shipment approaches Gaza. Hopes will be dashed if Israel spurns the first ship carrying precious food, The best option for delivery of aid is on land by lorry thorough Egypt’s Rafah terminal or Israel’s Kerem Shalom, which had a pre-crisis daily capacity of 500 trucks carrying food, medicine and consumer goods. However, Israeli restrictions on entry, time-consuming inspections and random bans on various goods have shrunk life-saving supplies.
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