MOSCOW – Russia takes the initiative to provide humanitarian aid to civilians who suffered during the conflict between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip, Sputnik News reported.
The Russian Ministry Emergency Situations said on Friday that it would send two aircraft to Egypt at the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin to deliver 28 tonnes of humanitarian aid to people in the Gaza Strip.
“Two aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry will deliver 28 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the population of the Gaza Strip Russia’s humanitarian aid will be transferred to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society for its further delivery to the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that the shipments include medical aid, among other things.
In October, the ministry’s aircraft delivered 27 tonnes of food products to people in the Gaza Strip, the statement added.
