Three UAE aid convoys arrive in Gaza Strip

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Three UAE convoys loaded with various humanitarian aid crossed this week into the Gaza Strip through the Egyptian Rafah Border Crossing. This is part of the UAE's efforts to support and provide relief to the Palestinians during the current circumstances in line with ‘Operation Chivalrous Knight 3'.

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The convoys consist of 29 trucks carrying more than 364 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including food, winter clothing, shelter tents and other essential needs. This brings the number of aid convoys that have entered the Gaza Strip through Egyptian border crossings as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, to 150 convoys comprising 2,319 trucks transporting more than 29,025 tonnes of aid.

Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 seeks to assist all affected groups in the Gaza Strip, especially children and women. Since the start of the crisis, the UAE has provided 46,659 tonnes of urgent relief supplies to the Gaza Strip.

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