GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 22nd Oct. India sent nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief supplies to the people of Palestine on Sunday.
The consignments were transported in a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
The aid is being delivered to El-Arish airport in Egypt.
“India sends Humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine. An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on ‘X’.
“The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary items,” he said. India sent the aid three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed condolences to President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas over the deaths of civilians at a hospital in Gaza and reiterated India’s long-standing “principled position” on the Israel-Palestine issue.
During a phone conversation on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured the President of the Palestine Authority that New Delhi will persist in providing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
India has been supporting Palestine and Palestinian refugees by making contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
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