Jordan yesterday sent 400 tonnes of food aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the second time in a fortnight amid reports of shortages in the cash-stra-pped Palestinian territories.
State-run Petra news agency said that 25 trucks laden with 400 tonnes of food aid worth $220, case 000 were sent to the Palestinian territories on the express orders of King Abdullah II. â??The king ordered the dispatch of the food aid in support of the Palestinian people who are suffering from a dire economic situation, medicine â? Petra said.
The shipment was the second to be sent to the Palestinian territories since March 21 and more are expected to follow, cialis the agency added â??There will be more aid in the near future,â? Rajab Zubaideh of the Hashemite Charity Organisation told Petra.
UN officials last month reported shortages of fuel and bread particularly in the impoverished Gaza Strip as a result of the closure of the main Karni trade crossing with Israel. [source]