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First Humanitarian Convoy Crossed From Egypt Into Gaza

29.08.2014 12:06

For the first time since 2007, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip Wednesday (27 August), carrying enough food to feed around 150,000 people for five days. After a seven-hour drive from Alexandria – where the food.

For the first time since 2007, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip Wednesday (27 August), carrying enough food to feed around 150,000 people for five days.

After a seven-hour drive from Alexandria – where the food was procured – across the Sinai Peninsula, WFP's trucks arrived at the Rafah crossing. The convoy of 18 trucks carried 15,600 food parcels – part of a total batch of 25,000 food parcels. The parcels include ready-to-eat food such as canned meat, canned beans, tea and dates. A second convoy with the remaining parcels is expected to cross into Gaza in the next few days. This is the first time that WFP has used the Rafah crossing point since the start of the Gaza blockade in 2007.

To respond to the urgent need for humanitarian aid in Gaza, the UN in Palestine has activated the logistics cluster. Under the leadership of WFP, the cluster is in charge of coordinating the movement of humanitarian assistance into Gaza. The Egyptian Red Crescent is coordinating all the crossing of humanitarian goods through Rafah.

Since the start of the conflict at the beginning of July, WFP has provided daily emergency food rations to up to 350,000 displaced people in Gaza, while reaching more than 120,000 people with emergency vouchers. WFP and its partners are constantly reviewing the needs on the ground to provide the necessary assistance.

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27 AUGUST 2014, RAFAH CROSSING, GAZA / 28 AUGUST 2014, JERUSALEM

WFP trucks crossing from Egypt into Gaza
VAR of WFP official Sune Kent's statements
WFP trucks crossing from Egypt into Gaza

SOUNDBITE (English) Sune Kent, WFP Palestine:
"The trucks were carrying food parcels to feed 150 thousand people for more than 5 days. This is the first time that WFP, since the blockade of Gaza in 2007 was put in place, has been able to move food assistance in, through the Rafah corridor."

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