Washington commends Iraq’s efforts to send humanitarian aid to Gaza
Humanitarian aid is being loaded into aircraft to be sent to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Photo: US Ambassador to Iraq/X
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, commended the efforts of the Iraqi government to send the third shipment of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
“I commend the Iraqi government for sending a third shipment containing 11 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza,” Romanowski said via X, formerly Twitter.
“Our efforts are critical to increasing the flow of assistance to the Palestinian people. It’s important to continue to get aid, food, water, and medical supplies to innocent people in Gaza,” the US Ambassador added.
The Iraqi government announced on Tuesday that it decided to supply hospitals in the Gaza Strip with gasoline fuel, in solidarity with the Palestinians besieged in the enclave, who are living in critical conditions because of the ongoing Israeli bombing.
Health officials in the Gaza Strip announced earlier on Tuesday that the number of deaths exceeded 10,000 since the beginning of the escalation on October 7.
The deaths include 4,237 children, 2,719 women, and 631 elderly people, health officials in Gaza added.
The Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from an imminent humanitarian catastrophe due to the Israeli army’s refusal to bring in sufficient aid to rescue the people, who have been facing intense bombing since October 7.
On October 27, Israel announced that it had begun the second phase of a long and difficult war with Hamas, which includes a ground invasion into Gaza along with intense air strikes.