Charity ship carrying 200 tons of aid departs Cyprus for Gaza

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2024

A charity ship towing a barge loaded with 200 tons of aid bound for Gaza departed from a port on the south coast of Cyprus on Tuesday, after a four-day delay. The Open Arms, a 120-foot Spanish-registered salvage/rescue vessel "loaded with food for Palestinian families on the brink of famine," set sail via a new Cyprus-Gaza sea corridor set up to ship aid into the war-torn enclave, World