First aid boat unloads in Gaza as Hamas proposes new truce

16 Mar

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This handout picture released by the Israeli army on March 15, 2024, shows a barge carrying humanitarian aid being transported towards the Gaza Strip. A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war. (Photo by Israeli Army / AFP)

A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza on Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war.

AFP footage showed the Open Arms, which set sail from Cyprus on Tuesday, towing a barge that the Spanish charity of the same name says is loaded with 200 tonnes of food for Gazans threatened with famine after more than five months of war.

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