Ahlulbayt News Agency: Two humanitarian aid convoys from Jordan came under attack by Israeli settlers as they made their way towards the Gaza Strip.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said Israeli settlers attacked the convoys on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Both convoys managed to continue on their journey and reach their destination in war-devastated Gaza, the ministry added in a statement. Such a route to the Gaza Strip would have taken them through the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel.
“Two Jordanian aid convoys carrying food, flour and other humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were attacked by settlers,” the ministry said, without giving details of what happened.
The Jordanian government condemned the incident and said it held Israeli authorities fully responsible for ensuring the protection of aid convoys and international organizations.
Jordan has been air-dropping aid and sending convoys westward overland to Palestinians in Gaza throughout the war that the Israeli regime launched on the Gaza Strip on 7 October.
The Israeli bombardments and invasion of Gaza have left a wasteland with most of the 2.3 million population displaced and at risk of famine and disease.
One of Wednesday’s Jordanian convoys, consisting of 31 trucks, was bound for the Erez Crossing into north Gaza and the other, with 48 trucks, was headed for the Karm Abu Salem Crossing into southern Gaza, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.
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Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said Israeli settlers attacked the convoys on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Both convoys managed to continue on their journey and reach their destination in war-devastated Gaza, the ministry added in a statement. Such a route to the Gaza Strip would have taken them through the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel.
“Two Jordanian aid convoys carrying food, flour and other humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip were attacked by settlers,” the ministry said, without giving details of what happened.
The Jordanian government condemned the incident and said it held Israeli authorities fully responsible for ensuring the protection of aid convoys and international organizations.
Jordan has been air-dropping aid and sending convoys westward overland to Palestinians in Gaza throughout the war that the Israeli regime launched on the Gaza Strip on 7 October.
The Israeli bombardments and invasion of Gaza have left a wasteland with most of the 2.3 million population displaced and at risk of famine and disease.
One of Wednesday’s Jordanian convoys, consisting of 31 trucks, was bound for the Erez Crossing into north Gaza and the other, with 48 trucks, was headed for the Karm Abu Salem Crossing into southern Gaza, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.
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