• The ship departed from Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi and will dock at Egypt’s Al-Arish Port

Arab News

DUBAI: The UAE has sent its ninth Hamdan humanitarian ship on Saturday to deliver vital supplies for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as part of the country’s continuing ‘Operation Chivalrous Knight 3’ relief campaign.

The ship departed from Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi and will dock at Egypt’s Al-Arish Port, where its cargo will be unloaded and subsequently delivered for residents in the besieged enclave, state news agency WAM reported.

The ship carries a total of 7,000 tonnes of relief supplies, including 5,000 tonnes of food parcels, 1,900 tonnes of food items to support community kitchens, 100 tonnes of medical tents for healthcare facilities and five fully equipped ambulances, WAM added.

The UAE and Cyprus have earlier engaged in a joint initiative to deliver vital humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, under the Amalthea Maritime Corridor program established in March 2024, to complement other international efforts to send aid to Gaza by land, air and sea.

The UAE also inaugurated a 7.5-km pipeline that will deliver desalinated water from Emirati desalination plants in Egypt to the Gaza Strip.

The pipeline, built under the UAE’s Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, has a capacity of about 2 million gallons per day, serving about 1 million people.