The UN health agency has five trucks full of supplies in place in Egypt near Gaza, said Teresa Zakaria of the WHO’s emergency relief office.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said it expects the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip to be opened for desperately needed aid deliveries on Friday.
“Our trucks are loaded and ready to go,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “We are working with the Egypt and Palestine Red Crescent Societies to deliver our supplies into Gaza as soon as the Rafah crossing is opened, hopefully tomorrow.”
The UN health agency has five trucks full of supplies in place in Egypt near Gaza, said Teresa Zakaria of the WHO’s emergency relief office.
Another 40 tonnes of supplies are expected to arrive there by next week, Ms Tedros said.
He said that among them are medicines for the chronically ill, materials to treat the wounded, and other supplies to care for 300,000 people, including pregnant women.
Emergency Relief Coordinator Mike Ryan also named anaesthetics, intravenous drips (IVs), painkillers, wound dressings, and amputation supplies en route to the Palestinian enclave.
