UK Deploys Royal Navy Ship to Aid Gaza, Establishes Humanitarian Maritime Corridor
With a £9.7 million funding package, the UK, alongside the US, Cyprus, and other partners, aims to facilitate aid delivery to Gaza through a newly developed temporary pier.
- The UK has deployed a Royal Navy ship to aid Gaza, establishing a new humanitarian maritime corridor with a £9.7 million funding package.
- The multinational effort involves the US, Cyprus, and other partners to develop a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to facilitate aid delivery.
- The initiative aims to pre-screen aid in Cyprus and deliver it directly to Gaza, either through the new US-built temporary pier or via Ashdod Port after Israel agreed to open it.
- The recent killing of seven aid workers, including three British nationals, in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has sparked global outrage and led to the dismissal of two Israeli military officers.
- Britain continues to call for the reform of deconfliction mechanisms and assurances for the safety and security of aid workers.
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