Aid for Gaza loading in Cyprus as U.S. offshore jetty completed

8/5/2024 18:50

        Aid for Gaza was being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first cargo to be delivered using a U.S. pier built to expedite supplies to the besieged enclave.
        
        Containers were being stacked on the U.S. flagged Sagamore, docked at the port of Larnaca, on Wednesday. Some containers to the ship were labelled as aid from the United Arab Emirates.
        
        Konstantinos Letymbiotis, a Cyprus government spokesperson, said a U.S jetty built to handle aid shipments to Gaza had been completed.
        
        "We are completing the loading of aid onto a U.S. vessel now in Larnaca and once the platform is in place this part of the process (shipment) can commence," he said.
        
        It was unclear when the vessel would depart.
        
        Israel's military campaign against Hamas, in response to Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, has devastated the tiny Gaza Strip, where aid agencies warn its 2.3 million people are facing imminent famine.