BRUSSELS, (PIC)-- The "Hope" convoy which has travelled from Italy to Egypt by sea has finally entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border after reaching an agreement with the Egyptian authorities.
Coordinator of the convoy, Rami Abdu, said in a press statement that the 40 trucks including 12 ambulances entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing after reaching an agreement with the Egyptian authorities to allow all the trucks in and only 22 sympathisers including a number of European lawmakers.
Abdu added that in addition to the ambulances the trucks carried special equipment to help disabled people and much needed medicines and medical supplies, noting that 12 European lawmakers from Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Ireland, and the UK accompanied the convoy which was led by Italian Senator Fernando Rossi.
The convoy started its journey from Italy by sea early May. It was supposed to unload at Alexandria and continue by land to the Gaza Strip, by the Egyptian authorities diverted the ship to Port Said where it was allowed to unload.
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) “Either the triumph of imperialism and the destruction of all culture, and, as in ancient Rome, depopulation, desolation, degeneration, a vast cemetery; OR, the VICTORY OF SOCIALISM, that is, the conscious struggle of the international proletariat against imperialism.” Rosa Luxemburg
Monday, May 25, 2009
Hope Convoy Breaks Siege and Enters Gaza -- May 26th
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