Published December 04,2023
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The Turkish Red Crescent has dispatched 100 million Turkish liras (over $3.4 million) value of support to the Gaza Strip amid the continued humanitarian disaster within the Palestinian enclave, the pinnacle of the aid group stated on Sunday.
Addressing an occasion in Istanbul, Fatma Meriç Yılmaz stated the Red Crescent had gathered about 500 million liras ($17.3 million) in monetary donations, with round 100 million liras of it already dispatched as fast help.
Additionally, the group has despatched in-kind support carried from Türkiye on 11 plane and two ships.
In an replace on the group’s aid efforts in Gaza amid the continued Israeli assaults, Yılmaz stated meals support by Türkiye was managed fully by the Turkish Red Crescent. The support it sends additionally consists of hygiene packages and clothes, she added.
Highlighting the challenges confronted by volunteers working inside Gaza, she famous restrictions on getting into and exiting the besieged enclave as a result of depth of the battle.
Despite these challenges, native volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent proceed their humanitarian work inside Gaza, stated Yılmaz.
Adding that one of many Turkish Red Crescent’s native employees members in Gaza, named Abdullah, had been wounded within the battle and had underwent surgical procedure, she stated efforts have been ongoing to ascertain contact with him and study of his present situation.
The Israeli military resumed bombing the Gaza Strip early Friday after declaring an finish to a week-long humanitarian pause with the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
More than 15,500 Palestinians, largely youngsters and ladies, have been killed in Israeli assaults since Oct. 7 following a cross-border assault by Hamas.
The official Israeli loss of life toll stands at 1,200.
Source: www.anews.com.tr