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The UAE is to send more than 400,000 winter jackets to Palestinians left without shelter as temperatures plunge and the Israel-Gaza war rages on.
A further shipment of blankets, heaters and winter gloves is also to be sent.
The Emirates Red Crescent, the humanitarian arm of the UAE, said it had completed final preparations to send aid convoys to the Gaza Strip as part of its Be their Warmth campaign.
The NGO said the winter jackets, which were made in Egypt, are to be delivered to Al Arish in Egypt, near the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, for logistical arrangements before entering the enclave.
The UAE has so far sent more than 1.6 million pieces of warm clothing and blankets to the Gaza Strip, as part of its Gallant Knight 3 humanitarian initiative.
And it has doubled the capacity of its desalination plants on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza. The expanded plants can supply 4.5 million litres of drinking water a day to Gazans.
The plant gathers water from the Mediterranean Sea, through a system of pipes, which is then filtered and sent underground across the border.
The UAE has so far supplied almost 10,000 tonnes of aid delivered by 121 lorries and 129 cargo planes.
It also opened a warehouse in Al Arish where it is stockpiling aid including nappies, blankets, canned foods and electric heaters.
More than 22,700 have been killed in Gaza since October 7. Thousands have been detained since the start of the water, which was triggered after a Hamas attack on southern Israel which killed about 1,100 people, mostly civilians. About 240 others were taken hostage.
Latest from the Israel-Gaza war – in pictures
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From left, Israeli Foreign Ministry adviser Tal Becker, lawyer Malcolm Shaw and Gilad Noam, deputy attorney general for international affairs, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. AFP -
A Palestinian man injured in an Israeli strike receives treatment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AP -
Palestinian medics mourn after members of the Palestinian Red Crescent were killed in an Israeli strike in Deir Al Balah. Reuters -
Israeli soldiers take up positions during a ground operation in Khan Younis. AP -
Mourners gather at Al Najar hospital in Rafah, after several relatives of a member of the Hamas general military council were killed in a strike. AFP -
Palestinians wait to receive food aid in Rafah. AP -
A mass grave in Rafah. More than 23,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7. AFP -
Palestinians search the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli attack on Rafah. AFP -
Injured Palestinians receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. AFP -
Smoke rises over Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as seen from Rafah, during sustained Israeli air strikes. AFP -
The destruction has spread throughout the Gaza Strip, from the north to Rafah in the south. Reuters -
Israeli soldiers stand on an armoured personnel carrier near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel. Reuters -
Smoke rises following Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip. EPA -
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a security briefing with commanders and soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip. AP -
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in an Israeli strike on the Al Maghazi refugee camp. AFP -
A Palestinian man detained by the Israeli military awaits treatment for his injuries in Rafah. AFP
