ShareKUWAIT: The 17th plane within the Kuwaiti relief air bridge took off on Thursday heading to the Egyptian city Al-Arish, carrying 32 tons of necessities for delivering in Gaza Strip. The aid plane is part of a campaign launched to aid Palestinians in Gaza initiated by the Kuwait Society for Relief (KSR), General Secretariat of Endowments, Kuwait Zakat House, the Public Authority for Minor Affairs and MyFatoorah company. Dr Ibrahim Al-Saleh, chairman of Board of Kuwait Society for Relief told KUNA prior to departure that (KSR) is continuing its humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine in Gaza after the heinous and relentless bombardment by the Zionist entity.
The plane contains 32 tons of supplies and medical necessities in addition to three ambulances, two of which are equipped with intensive care unit (ICU) equipment, Al-Saleh added. Director General of the Zakat House of Kuwait Dr Majed Al-Azmi said that Kuwait is striving to prevent any harm to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and will continue assisting them as long as it needed.
Meanwhile, official at the Public Authority for Minor Affairs Bashayer Al-Idan said that the authority’s role is to aid all those in need especially in Gaza in these difficult times. She added that the authority held many aid campaigns before to help the needy as it did after the earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco in addition to the floods in Libya and Pakistan.
Acting director of the Public Authority for Minor Affairs Nasser Al-Hamad said that the authority’s assistance to aid Palestine campaign reached KD 500,000 most of which is in medical assistance, ambulances and food supplies. Abdullah Al-Dabbous, founder and managing director of MyFatoorah said that his company’s $250,000 participation is the first in this campaign and expressed his appreciation and gratitude to all those who helped in delivering aid to the people of Palestine.
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s 16th relief plane for Gazans loaded with 10 tons of medical supplies arrived on Wednesday at Egypt’s Al-Arish Airport. Director of the Volunteer Department at the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Ahmad Al-Faqaan, told KUNA that the 16th plane from the Kuwaiti Air Bridge was carrying 10 tons of medical aid to the Gaza Strip, provided by the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society. The Kuwaiti humanitarian relief aid that has arrived at Al-Arish Airport since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip until Wednesday amounts to 399 tons, including food aid, medical equipment and supplies, 16 ambulances and drilling equipment. — KUNA
