Gaza - KUNA
A Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) team, curtrently here to distribute aid and medical supplies to Palestinian families, continued on Saturday its humanitarian mission to alleviate the suffering of the Israeli-war stricken Palestinians.
KRCS' mission head to Gaza Khaled Al-Zaid that the society has harnessed all its capabilities to distribute the food and medical aid to the Palestinian people in the war-ravaged strip.
The KRCS delivered some 7,000 food packages to displaced Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip yesterday.
The KRCS relief team delivered the Kuwaiti food aid to around 500 families in a number of North Gaza's districts, including Shujaiyya, Deir Al-Balah, Gaza City, and eastern Rafah, in addition to some 2,500 food packages to families in Beit Hanoun in northeast Gaza.
The Kuwaiti team also handed 200 gifts to children living in UN-run school shelters in several areas of the Strip. The team also handed food packages to a large number of workers from several municipalities in the Strip.
The KRCS team arrived in Gaza Strip late Thursday carrying 7,000 food packages, as well as a medical team of 12 male and female physicians for the treatment of displaced families.
The Egyptian authorities allowed the Kuwaiti medical team to enter the Gaza Strip via Rafah Crossing.