UAE aid ship for Gaza arrives in Egypt

The fifth UAE aid ship bound for Gaza arrived at Arish port in Egypt's North Sinai on Saturday, carrying 5,112 tonnes of humanitarian aid, under "Operation Chivalrous Knight 3."

The ship set sail from Al Hamriya Port in Dubai on October 30, carrying food, shelter, and medical supplies, as well as five ambulances, which the Emirates Red Crescent, the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, and Al Foah Dates Company provided.

This raises the total aid provided to Gaza to more than 34,000 tonnes.

As part of Operation “Chivalrous Knight 3,” launched last year, the UAE established two field hospitals, one inside the Gaza Strip and the other a floating hospital off the coast of Al Arish city, in addition to five automatic bakeries. Flour has also been provided to eight existing bakeries in Gaza and six desalination plants have been established that produce 1.2 million gallons per day, which are pumped into the Gaza Strip and benefit more than 600,000 people.

The Joint Operations Command also launched Operation "Birds of Goodness", which managed to execute 53 successful airdrops of humanitarian aid to isolated areas in the northern Gaza Strip that cannot be reached by land. The total amount of aid dropped so far is 3,623 tonnes of relief and humanitarian supplies.