
Iran plans to send aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip after Egypt said it would allow the shipment to enter the Palestinian territory, an Iranian diplomatic source said on Friday.
The official IRNA news agency said Cairo had agreed to transfer humanitarian aid bound for the coastal enclave, citing a foreign ministry source in Tehran.
The source said a first Iranian Red Crescent shipment of 100 tonnes of medicine and food would be flown "soon" to Cairo.
"The package weighs 100 tonnes and consists of food and medication," IRNA quoted the source as saying.
At least 2,092 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since July 8 in the worst fighting in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since a 2000-05 intifada.
Iran plans to send aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip after Egypt said it would allow the shipment to enter the Palestinian territory, an Iranian diplomatic source said on Friday.
The official IRNA news agency said Cairo had agreed to transfer humanitarian aid bound for the coastal enclave, citing a foreign ministry source in Tehran.
The source said a first Iranian Red Crescent shipment of 100 tonnes of medicine and food would be flown "soon" to Cairo.
"The package weighs 100 tonnes and consists of food and medication," IRNA quoted the source as saying.
At least 2,092 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since July 8 in the worst fighting in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since a 2000-05 intifada.
A total of 97 UNRWA installations, including health and food distribution centres as well as schools, have been damaged in the war between Israel and the Hamas movement which controls the territory.
Iran does not recognise Israel and provides financial and military assistance to Islamist Palestinian groups.
Iranian officials have said that Tehran provided Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants with the technology necessary to make rockets.
Iran has condemned Israel's Operation Protective Edge, and Tehran municipality renamed a key street where the UN headquarters is located "Gaza Avenue".
Source: AFP
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