{"id":344348,"date":"2024-03-12T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/03\/12\/gaza-nave-open-arms-cipro\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T18:06:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:06:14","slug":"gaza-open-arms-ship-set-sail-from-cyprus-with-200-tons-of-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/03\/12\/gaza-open-arms-ship-set-sail-from-cyprus-with-200-tons-of-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza, Open Arms ship set sail from Cyprus with 200 tons of humanitarian aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Early this\u00a0morning (March 12), the Open Arms NGO<\/strong> ship that will be the first to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza on\u00a0the Cypriot Sea corridor set sail. With a two-day\u00a0delay<\/a> but at the same time as\u00a0speech\u00a0of Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> at the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

“As we speak, a ship is setting sail from Cyprus to Northern Gaza. Basic humanitarian aid, food for a population facing a humanitarian catastrophe,” the President\u00a0of the European Commission announced to MEPs as she opened the debate in preparation for the upcoming European Council. It is a\u00a0cargo of 200 tons of flour, rice, and canned food. A “very complex mission that we trust will be the first of many,” writes in
\n a post<\/a> on X, the Spanish NGO transporting the cargo.<\/span><\/p>\n

The opening of the sea corridor to Gaza comes to von der Leyen’s rescue so\u00a0she can demonstrate the European Commission’s commitment in the face of a European Parliament that criticizes her increasingly harshly for her very soft stance toward Tel Aviv. And indeed, the EU leader focuses on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza without ever mentioning Israel.<\/strong> First, she notes how\u00a0it is “the first ship authorized to deliver humanitarian aid to the Strip since 2005,” when “the situation on the ground is more dramatic than ever and has reached a tipping\u00a0point.”<\/p>\n