Turkiye relief agency presents two ships to take aid direct to Gaza

Turkish aid agency, Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), presented two new vessels on Wednesday meant to take aid directly to Gaza where Palestinians face famine almost six months into Israel’s devastating military campaign, Reuters reports. Turkiye, which has denounced Israel for its offensive in densely populated Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire, has sent tens of thousands of tons of humanitarian aid there since the start of the Israel-Palestine war on 7 October, and aims to increase it during the current Muslim holy month of Ramadan. IHH Chairman, Bulent Yildirim, inspected the new ships, purchased for a Gaza aid project dubbed “International Freedom Flotilla”, in Istanbul’s port and said that one of the vessels, the “Anadolu (Anatolia)”, had a capacity […]