“More than 100 rockets”
on Israeli military positions, in retaliation for an Israeli air strike which left one dead the day before in eastern Lebanon.
The first boat using the humanitarian maritime corridor between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip set sail Tuesday morning towards the Palestinian territory.
Le Figaro
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More than 100 rockets launched
The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah claimed Tuesday to have launched
“more than 100 rockets”
at Israeli military positions, in retaliation for an Israeli air strike which left one dead the day before in eastern Lebanon.
In a statement, the pro-Iranian movement said it had launched
“more than a hundred Katyoucha-type rockets”
on two military bases,
“in response to Israeli attacks against our people, our villages and our towns, most recently near the town of Baalbeck where a citizen was killed
.
The first aid boat for Gaza leaves Cyprus
The sending of aid by sea and airdrops by several countries, which have become daily in recent days, cannot replace the land route, indicates the UN.
The first boat using a maritime corridor between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid set sail Tuesday morning towards the Palestinian territory on the brink of famine, the NGO which owns this boat told AFP. ship.
The eponymous ship of the Spanish NGO Open Arms
“departed”
from the Cypriot port of Larnaca around 06:50 GMT, said Laura Lanuza, spokesperson for this organization which usually intervenes in the central Mediterranean to rescue migrants.
This boat is carrying around 200 tonnes of food (rice, flour, canned goods, etc.) which must be distributed in Gaza by the organization of the Spanish-American chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK).
“The aid provided by WCK set sail for Gaza in the Open Arms boat
,” WCK confirmed in a message published on X, indicating
“working to send as many boats as possible
. ”
The location of this pier has not been specified for security reasons.