Hello. Welcome. Im catherine byaruhanga. A us Military Ship is headed for gaza, carrying equipment to build a Temporary Port for aid deliveries. The us army says the support ship, set sailfrom a Military Base in virginia on saturday. The un has warned that around a quarter of the population of gaza, more than half a Million People, are facing famine. Meanwhile, a separate aid ship with around 200 tons of food is still waiting to set sail from cyprus. The eu wants a new sea route for aid from cyprus to gaza to start this weekend. Our correspondent zoe conway has the latest. It may not look like much, but on this barge since the 200 tons of food, set to leave cyprus later today, towed by a Spanish Charity ship. More than 200 miles to gaza. This is the root is not been tried before. The journey could be precarious. Translation ~. , translation we will tow the latform translation we will tow the platform to translation we will tow the platform to gaza translation we will tow the platform t
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
The spanish vessel hopes to use a new Shipping Route to arrive the next few days but where it will arrive is still up in the air. No Functioning Port in gaza so it is unclear where that boat will dock. The ship called the open arms will set off. Its taken an enormous effort to even get this far with this relief mission. But the real challenge will come as they get closer to gaza. It might take as long as 2 3 days for them to make the 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. But when they get there, they are arriving at a territory that has no Functioning Port so they have to off load that aid, and in the north of gaza distributing aid, its the most badly affected, most desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid there is extremely difficult. All Law And Order has broken down there, its absolute chaos on the ground, so they were also have to manage that. That will be a Great Success if they managed to open this first maritime aid quarter. There are others who say, in fact,