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Libyan aid for Gaza — a success story?
Loading ...The Egyptian Red Crescent is transporting an estimated 2,000 tons of Libyan food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip by land on Thursday. The aid was being off- loaded from the Moldovan-flagged Amalthea at the port of El-Arish in Egypt late on Wednesday.
Initially the boat was planning on docking in Gaza, but the intervention of around Israel Navy vessels meant the ship had little choice other than to head for El-Arish, on the northern shoreline of the Sinai Peninsula.
While the episode ended with no loss of life, unlike the highly reported Gaza flotilla of May 31, Israel knows more aid ships will likely set sail for Gaza and there will be further confrontations with its navy.
At the same time, while Hamas, which controls Gaza, expressed its disappointment at the failure of the Amalthea to reach the strip, reports suggest in order to arrive at a peaceful conclusion to this maritime journey, Israel had to agree to allow a large cash sum to be transferred to the Gazan coffers.
Continue Reading at Xinhua.
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