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Second aid plane lands in Gaza
21 January 2009
A second ITF-chartered aircraft carrying aid for Gaza landed at Al-Areesh airport this morning.
The Royal Jordanian plane touched down at 03:30 on Wednesday. The supplies, which include operating equipment, first aid supplies and burn dressings, are being transported through the Rafah crossing, between Gaza and Egypt. Unions that contributed towards the cost of the supplies include Jordanian transport unions, other members of the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions as well as Tunisian and Lebanese transport unions. The aircraft returned to Amman early this morning.
Bilal Malkawi, ITF Arab World Office, who was on board the flight, commented: “The process of unloading the plane has been more difficult this time, because there wasn’t enough equipment or people to help. But hopefully getting the supplies through the crossing should be easier than last time as procedures have been improved.”
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