But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. But this is only a small breakthrough. Israels offensive has led to a collapse in civil order. Few Aid Organisations
The type of issues youd expect to hear in an election year. Biden set out his achievements and whats next for his presidency. He also took aim at his likely republican opponent in november, former President Donald Trump without mentioning him by name. And it was clear that the president saw his speech notjust as a state of the Union Address but also an address about the State Of The World and americas role at the centre of it. History is watching. The United States walks away, it put ukraine at risk. It is at risk, everyone will be at risk, and broadening others to do what they wish to do us harm. My message to President Putin will ever know for long time a simple, we will not walk away. Iv e ive heard many of my republican and democratic friends say china is on the rise and america is falling behind. Theyve got it backwards. To the leadership of israel i say this, humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. Protecting and saving innocent lives hav
Is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. Its been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing
Spanish russell hope to use and newly it should be grouped to arrive the next few days but where it will arrive is still up where it will arrive is still up in the air. No Functioning Point in gaza so it is unclear where that boat. The ship called the open arms will set off. In the cypriot port of larnaca theyve been working around the clock. The spanish ship, open arms, preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. Its a precarious, untested plan, with obvious risks. Translation yes, we will tow this platform to gaza where The Last Mile will be the most complicated operation. The disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. How the aid will be unloaded into gaza where theres no port or functioning harbour isnt clear. Airdrops and some Land Deliveries are often swamped by thousands of desperate, hungry people. Some aid agencies say the plan is misguided and ineffective. Weve now also heard deta
Hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive remains in question. With no Functioning Port in gaza, its unclear where it will dock upon entry. The open arms will set off from the port of larnaca. It taken an enormous effort to get this far with it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this it taken an enormous effort to get this far with this Relief Mission but the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza and it may take as long as three days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from cyprus to gaza but when they get there, they will arrive in a territory with no Functioning Port so they have to offload the aid and in the north of gaza, distributing aid is the most badly affected and desperately in need part of gaza, distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down, absolute chaos on the ground so they will also have to manage that. That will be a Great Success if they managed to