The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has sent 960 tons of urgent medical and food items to about 20,000 families in the Gaza Strip.
A total of 33 shipments were dispatched through the Rafah Border Crossing.
The aid is part of the directives of the Emirati leadership,
to provide much needed humanitarian and relief programmes for the Palestinian people.
The assistance came at a time when a large segment of the population is suffering from dire humanitarian conditions, and a lack of necessary needs of food, medicine, clothing and basic construction materials.
The UAE always sought to provide all possible support to enhance the humanitarian response to help the Palestinians in such circumstances that require everyone to show solidarity towards overcoming their harsh impacts on societies, especially women and children, according to state news agency WAM.
The UAE is closely following the developments of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
Last January, UAE sent 808 tonnes of urgent relief materials through 29 trucks that entered through the Rafah Border Crossing as well, with a value of AED9 million, to support 10,000 Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip.
