Egypt sends 130 truckloads of aid to Gaza

CAIRO: Egypt has sent 130 truckloads of aid supplies, including foodstuffs, medicines, clothes and household essentials to the bordering Gaza Strip, after an 11-day bloodshed came to a halt in the besieged enclave, the government in Cairo said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the government said that the 2,500-tonne aid package, provided by the Tahya Misr Fund under the presidency, also covers such supplies as mattresses, disinfectants, face masks, and baby formula.

The move came hours after a Cairo-brokered ceasefire between the Hamas, which rules the Palestinian enclave, and Israelis agreed to end the 11-days violent conflict that killed at least 232 Palestinians and 12 Israelis. Days before the truce, Egypt announced it would allocate $500 million to the reconstruction of Gaza. (IANS)

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