Brazil to Send Food and Medical Aid to Gaza, Lula-Ordered Shipment Announced at FAO Forum

Overview

• First Lady Rosângela “Janja” da Silva announced the plan during the World Food Forum’s closing session in Rome.
• She said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered shipments of food, medicines and other essential items to the Gaza Strip.
• The government indicated departures in the coming days, with no details yet on quantities, transport routes or implementing partners.
• Janja warned of deep malnutrition and urged material and political action so a ceasefire is definitively observed.
• After Rome, she travels to Paris to represent Brazil at a Sorbonne seminar on energy transition, environmental education and the SDGs.