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France Ships 383 Tonnes of Child Nutrition Aid to Gaza

Delivery inside the enclave depends on access after a planned World Food Programme handover in Port Said in about ten days.

Overview

  • A CMA CGM container vessel left Le Havre on Jan. 18 carrying 21 containers of Plumpy’Doz supplements produced by Nutriset.
  • Nutriset says it manufactured the 383-tonne batch in roughly three weeks at its Malaunay facility near Rouen.
  • The consignment is intended to provide a daily preventive dose for six months to about 42,000 young children, with sources differing on the exact age bracket.
  • The World Food Programme will receive the cargo in Port Said before overland trucking into Gaza, with arrival expected in around ten days.
  • France says this shipment adds to more than 1,300 tonnes of aid sent since October 2023, and the foreign ministry urged Israel to lift obstacles to humanitarian deliveries.