A special flight carrying relief aid for Gaza, including hygiene kits, medicine and food rations, has departed from Pakistan on its way to Egypt, according to a statement from Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Minister for Human Rights Khalil George, along with the Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan, were present for the send-off ceremony at Islamabad International Airport.
According to the statement, the foreign minister “expressed Pakistan’s full solidarity with its Palestinian brothers and sisters and condemned Israel’s brutal, disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force against civilians, including women and children, currently besieged in Gaza.”
Jilani also called for an immediate end to “Israeli aggression” and a “lifting of the siege of Gaza.”
The first shipment of aid from Pakistan, consisting of 100 tons of supplies, was sent on October 19.
