UAE's logistics basic and desalination plant on Rafah border - in pictures

  • The UAE's Operation Gallant Knight 3 has been providing the people of Gaza with drinking water from desalination plants in Rafah, Egypt, since December last year. Photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
    The UAE's Operation Gallant Knight 3 has been providing the people of Gaza with drinking water from desalination plants in Rafah, Egypt, since December last year. Photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Engineer Khalid Al Naqbi is part of the UAE team responsible for addressing water scarcity in Gaza. More than 130 million gallons of drinking water have been delivered by a network of desalination plants built by the UAE in December
    Engineer Khalid Al Naqbi is part of the UAE team responsible for addressing water scarcity in Gaza. More than 130 million gallons of drinking water have been delivered by a network of desalination plants built by the UAE in December
  • About half a dozen plants on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border produce about 1.6 million gallons of water daily
    About half a dozen plants on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border produce about 1.6 million gallons of water daily
  • President Sheikh Mohamed ordered that work on Operation Gallant Knight 3 begin last year to include essential services to the Palestinian people, including water utilities, medical support and an air and sea supply chain
    President Sheikh Mohamed ordered that work on Operation Gallant Knight 3 begin last year to include essential services to the Palestinian people, including water utilities, medical support and an air and sea supply chain
  • The UAE's logistics base at Al Arish in Egypt
    The UAE's logistics base at Al Arish in Egypt
  • Rashid Al Mansouri, secretary general of Emirates Red Crescent, at a relief materials warehouse in Al Arish
    Rashid Al Mansouri, secretary general of Emirates Red Crescent, at a relief materials warehouse in Al Arish
  • Warehouses at Al Arish are at the heart of the UAE's relief efforts for Gaza
    Warehouses at Al Arish are at the heart of the UAE's relief efforts for Gaza
  • A relief materials warehouse in Al Arish
    A relief materials warehouse in Al Arish
  • The UAE's relief efforts to help the people of Gaza are labour intensive and demand co-ordination from administrators and staff
    The UAE's relief efforts to help the people of Gaza are labour intensive and demand co-ordination from administrators and staff
  • Medical supplies at Al Arish
    Medical supplies at Al Arish
  • Medical supplies from the UAE at Al Arish. The amount of essentials to assist the people of Gaza in their time of need reflects the extent of the disaster that has befallen them
    Medical supplies from the UAE at Al Arish. The amount of essentials to assist the people of Gaza in their time of need reflects the extent of the disaster that has befallen them
  • The UAE's logistics base at Al Arish in Egypt
    The UAE's logistics base at Al Arish in Egypt