Rawalpindi: The Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan has dispatched the third batch containing 20 tons of relief supplies, including medicines and food, for those affected in Gaza.
Notable figures present on the occasion included Caretaker Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Jalil Abbas Jilani, Palestinian Ambassador Ahmad Rabaie to Pakistan, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, Vice President of Alkhidmat Foundation Air Marshal (Retd) Farooq Habib, Secretary-General of Alkhidmat Syed Waqas Jafri, National Director of Al Khidmat Agosh Homes Air Marshal (Retd) Arshad Malik, along with representatives from the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, NDMA, and other officials from the Alkhidmat Foundation.
Secretary-General of the Alkhidmat Foundation Syed Waqas Jafri mentioned that, due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the Edhi Foundation has been actively engaged in relief activities since the first day. Alongside ongoing assistance from international aid organizations in Gaza and relief efforts from the camp office in Egypt, a series of sending relief items from Pakistan is also in progress.
Up to now, a total of 57 tons of relief supplies, including medicines, food, and hygiene kits, have been delivered to the affected in Gaza with the assistance of the Pakistan Air Force. The recently dispatched supplies, comprising 13 tons of medicines and 7 tons of food, will first reach Jordan, from where it will be transported to the affected in Gaza.
On this occasion, Syed Waqas Jafri expressed gratitude to the NDMA, Pakistan Army, and Air Force, acknowledging their collaboration, which contributed to the successful delivery of aid to those affected in Gaza.
It is noteworthy that since the beginning of Israeli aggression in Gaza on October 7, the Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of nearly 24,285, including over 10,400 children and 7,100 women, and 61,154 Palestinians have been injured severely, and more than 8,000 Palestinians have been missing under the rubble since October 7, presumably dead. According to UNICEF, more than 10 children a day lose one or both legs in Gaza due to Israeli attacks.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israel committed 15 massacres in Gaza, in the last 24 hours, killing 158 Palestinians and wounding 320 others.
Furthermore, 70% of the infrastructure in Gaza has been either completely destroyed or damaged in Israeli attacks. According to the United Nations, relentless Israeli attacks in Gaza have led to the largest displacement of Palestinians since 1948, leaving over 2 million people, or 85% population of the Gaza Strip, displaced out of its total population of 2.3 million. The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths has said that “Gaza has simply become uninhabitable”.
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