Overview
- The Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Foundation has begun packing relief parcels in Ras Al Khaimah for the Saqr Humanitarian Ship, a roughly 4,000-ton cargo of food, medical supplies and shelter materials bound for Egypt’s Port of Al-Arish as a gateway to Gaza.
- Volunteers from across the UAE are assembling the aid under Operation Al-Faris Al-Shahim 3 at the Ras Al Khaimah Expo Centre, with loading to follow before sailing to Al-Arish.
- Sky News Arabia reports the 15-member technocratic committee, led by Ali Shaath, is convening in Cairo for its first meetings with senior Egyptian officials to set broad responsibilities for maintaining basic services in Gaza.
- Factions meeting in Cairo said they will back the committee’s work, while key details—including the scope of authority, financing and its legal relationship to the Palestinian Authority—are still being negotiated with mediators.
- In parallel with relief and mediation efforts, the UAE chaired the Arab Council of Ministers of Youth and Sports in Cairo, discussed EV industry cooperation with BYD in Dubai, and confirmed Tawazun’s role at Abu Dhabi’s UMEX and SIMTEX defense exhibitions.