• The relief plane will land in Egypt before making its way to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border
• Jordan is providing medical supplies in response to the growing number of Palestinians wounded in the war

Arab News

RIYADH: Jordan has dispatched the first aid plane to Gaza since the beginning of the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas following the militants’ attack over the weekend.

The plane, equipped by the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization in coordination with the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and the Royal Air Force, is carrying essential medical supplies in response to the growing number of Palestinians wounded in the war, Jordan’s news agency PETRA reported.

In coordination with Egyptian authorities, the relief plane will land in Egypt before making its way to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border, according to PETRA.

Hussein Al-Shibli, secretary-general of JHCO, said the organization aims to provide hospitals and entities working in the field with medical supplies to support the people of Gaza.

He said the organization has been accepting cash donations through its bank account at Union Bank and the organization’s website at www.jhco.org.jo.

Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Gaza and ordered a complete siege of the strip, cutting off food, electricity, and water.

On Wednesday, Palestinian authorities said the only power plant in Gaza had run out of fuel as hospitals have been overrun with the wounded and dead and are quickly running out of supplies.