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
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The spanish vessel hopes to use a newly opened Shipping Route to arrive in the next few days. But where it will arrive, is still up in the air. There is no Functioning Port in gaza, so its unclear where the boat will dock. The ship, called the open arms, will set off from the port of larnaca, our special correspondent Quentin Sommerville is there. 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 as long as 2 3 days 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 ch
The spanish vessel hope 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 Point in gaza so it is unclear where that boat will dock. The ship called the open arms will set off. The real challenge will come as we get closer to gaza. My take as long as two, three days for them to make 210 nautical miles from here in cyprus to gaza. When we get there, arriving at a territory that has no function important. They have to upload that aid and in the north of gaza, distributing aid, the most badly affected and desperately in need part of gaza. Distributing aid is extremely difficult. All law daughter has broken down, chaos on the ground. They will have to manage that as well. That will be a Great Success if they manage to open this first maritime aid corridor. However, there are others who said maritime aid totals and air jobs where western governments are a sign of western failure because the west has been asking israel for