Major General Rasool: Support convoy to Gaza arrives to Jordan

INA - BAGHDAD

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yehia Rasool Abdullah announced on Tuesday, the arrival of the support convoy for the people of Gaza, which was led by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the delivery of its materials to the Jordanian side.

“Based on the decision of the Cabinet at its ninth session on February 27, 2024, and in continuation of the official popular campaign launched by the Prime Minister to collect aid for our people in the Gaza Strip, which has been under attack for months, as well as due to the ongoing aggression by the occupation forces, a support convoy for the people of Gaza arrived, led by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense,” said Abdullah in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

He noted, "The convoy included flour and other foodstuffs amounting to 482 tons," explaining that "the materials were delivered to Al-Ghabawi's warehouses in Jordan, in the presence of the representative of the Jordanian Charity Organization and the representative of UNRWA."

He stressed that "work is still ongoing to provide support to the patient Palestinian people."