Trade Ministry sends urgent aid to the Palestinians in Gaza

INA-  Baghdad


 
The Ministry of Trade announced on Friday sending of urgent food aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza.
 
A statement by the ministry received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) stated that "based on the directives of the minister of Trade, Ethir Al-ghariri, the Central Markets Company initiated sending the necessary food aid within the ministry's program to provide the necessary support to the brotherly Palestinian people".
 
He added that "trucks of Central Markets carried aid for foodstuffs from rice, sugar, legumes and edible oil, indicating that "the command of the Air Defense Forces is delivering them to the city of El Arish in the state of Egypt to deliver them to Gaza.