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The delivery of supplies was suspended, although the structure built by the United States allows the aid to be stored
May 30. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Government of Cyprus has reported that the so-called ‘Amalthea’ operation, the humanitarian corridor for the delivery of aid to the population of the Gaza Strip, is still underway despite the temporary dock installed by the United States on the coast of the enclave Palestinian has been dismantled due to strong waves.
“It is true that adverse weather conditions have somewhat slowed down the unloading of humanitarian shipments. However, in no case has the operation been suspended,” Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letympiotis said at a press conference.
In this sense, he explained that in the operating mechanism of the dock there is the possibility of storing aid. “The update we have from the United States is that in the next few days, possibly the middle of next week, the dock should be able to receive cargo,” she added.
Letympiotis has also reported that a French ship with 150 pallets of humanitarian aid is expected to leave during the day, while at the beginning of next week an American ship with more than 3,000 tons of aid is scheduled to leave the port of Larnaca.
The cargo can be stored on floating infrastructure while the United States resumes delivering supplies to Gaza after U.S. Central Command personnel have repaired the parts in the port of Ashdod.
The Pentagon indicated in April that the objective was to deliver about 500 tons of humanitarian aid per day through the daily unloading of 90 trucks to help the population of Gaza, although the estimated initial aid has decreased considerably compared to the estimates made initially. by the Department of Defense.
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