The vessels and a barge carried enough to prepare more than one million meals from items such as rice, pasta, flour, legumes, canned vegetables and proteins.
Also on board were dates, traditionally eaten to break the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Have you heard our new podcast Talking Politics? Every week Tom, Robert and Anushka dig into the biggest issues dominating the political agenda…The top UN court has ordered Israel to open more land crossings and take other measures to address the crisis. On Saturday, some Israelis again rallied to show frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and urge him to resign.Lord Cameron faces calls to restore funding to UNRWA for Gaza aidNearly six months of war has destroyed critical infrastructure in Gaza including hospitals, schools and homes as well as roads, sewage systems and the electrical grid.
Gaza's Health Ministry says 32,705 Palestinians have been killed, with 82 bodies taken to hospitals in the past 24 hours.
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