war in gaza
A VESSEL carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged yesterday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramadaan.
The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have blamed on Israel, more than five months into the war which has left Gaza’s 2.4 million people struggling to survive, particularly in the Palestinian territory’s north.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was in Larnaca, Cyprus, the closest EU country to Gaza on Friday.
She said a “pilot
