UAE sends Food Aid to Gaza for Ramadan

United Arab Emirates UAE is stepping up its aid operation into Gaza ahead of Ramadan with cargo planes flying in hundreds of tonnes of food supplies on Friday.

The airlift comes after five convoys delivering a wide range of humanitarian aid from the UAE reached the Palestinian territory this week

The convoys crossing from Egypt into Gaza amounted to 73 trucks carrying more than 1,185 tonnes of aid, including food, tents and other essential supplies.

On Friday, 257 tonnes of Ramadan food supplies were flown from the UAE, destined for Gaza as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.

UAE has delivered more than 37,300 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people as part of the operation.

The supplies were flown from Fujairah as part of an effort between the Hamad bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi Foundation for Humanitarian Works and the Fujairah Charity Association, or FCA.

Saeed bin Mohammed Al-Raqbani, chairman of FCA, said that the initiative aligned with UAE’s leadership to “extend support to Palestinians and provide them with essential supplies.”

Since a ceasefire took effect last month, aid has surged into the territory.