KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Saturday their third air bridge relief plane arrived in Beirut, bringing much-needed aid for the needy amid ongoing Zionist occupation’s aggression. Kuwait’s Charge d’Affaires and Minister Plenipotentiary Abdullah Al-Shaheen said in a statement to KUNA that the plane is loaded with 41 tons of various aid relief supplies, bringing the total of supplies sent on the three aid planes to 81 tons.

“On behalf of Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the Secretary-General of the Higher Relief Commission, we extend our thanks to Kuwait, which has always been the first to offer their support to Lebanon,” Representative of Lebanon’s Higher Relief Commission Brig Gen Edmond Kaado said. The Kuwaiti air force plane was welcomed at Rafic Hariri Airport in Beirut by Shaheen, members of the embassy and Kaado. In a statement to KUNA earlier, KRCS Chairman Ambassador Khaled Al-Maghames said the society is working to coordinate with the Embassy of Kuwait in Lebanon and the Lebanese authorities to deliver aid, which includes food, blankets, medical supplies and medicines, to the displaced and to those who need it the most.

KUWAIT: Volunteers load Kuwait Red Crescent Society's third air bridge relief plane before its departure to Beirut. – KUNA

As the situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, Kuwaiti charity Tanmiya launched on Friday another aid campaign through partners in Lebanon. Mohammad Fawaz, who works with Tanmiya’s Lebanese partner RIKAZ, told KUNA that the campaign aims to provide humanitarian assistance to shelters, schools, and homes, with an emphasis on the “most vulnerable groups” such as families with children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

He added that “the number of beneficiaries has exceeded 100,000 people in the first phase of the campaign,” which included distributing food parcels, ready-to-eat meals, blankets, bread, water, hygiene kits, and medical supplies. The first phase of the campaign also involved paying for rental housing to meet the urgent needs of the displaced, many of whom have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the ongoing attacks.

Kuwait has already sent in three planeloads of relief supplies, via Beirut airport, that was hit in a Zionist air strike on adjacent locations two days ago. Shrapnel inflicted damage at the terminal and tarmac but authorities insisted that operations would proceed as usual. Kuwait had aided Lebanon on many tragic occasions in the past, including several Zionist aggressions and the fiery Beirut port blast that inflicted damage and destruction in nearby residential districts. — KUNA