A US non-governmental organization said on Tuesday that the party is almost 200 tons of food aid reached the hungry population north Gazaa week after it was sent by sea from the Cypriot port of Larnaca.

World Central Kitchen (WCK) partnered with the United Arab Emirates and Spanish charity Open Arms to send food via sea ​​route with a length of 322 km. from Larnaca to a makeshift pier in front of the Gaza Strip. The cargo arrived on the Gaza coast on Friday.

Convoy from eight World Food Program trucks (WFP) delivered aid – equivalent half a million servings– to the final destination on Tuesday.

A UN-backed report on Monday said Famine was ‘inevitable’ in northern Gaza Stripwhere are some 300,000 people were trapped for military operations. In the Gaza Strip, the number of people facing “catastrophic famine” increased to 1.1 millionHalf the population.

A second ship anchored in Larnaca from 240 tons of food on board, awaiting departure depending on weather conditions, WCK and Cypriot government officials said.

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“WCK is ready to send tons of food to Gaza every week with the support of the international community,” the organization said.

Aid agencies say Food that can be transported by sea to Gazaalthough they are welcome, completely insufficient given the scale of the population’s needs, and called on Israel to allow much more roadside assistance is arriving.

Cypruswho supported the WCK initiative, intends to coordinate additional assistance into the besieged Palestinian enclave. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letimbiotis said he will host officials from several countries on March 21 for talks on the issue.

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“There will be an exchange of views on material support that states could offer (…) Amount of humanitarian assistance needed by non-combatants in the Gaza Strip requires support from many countries“He told reporters.

(Reuters)