Ahmad 
Al-Arish International Airport today received two planes carrying humanitarian aid from Russia and Pakistan.
An official source at the airport said that the plane coming from Pakistan transported 95 tons of relief materials provided by the Catholic relief organization “AZ’s”, while the Russian plane carried 30 tons of aid.
The source stated that the shipments were unloaded at the airport and transported to the logistical warehouses in the city of Al-Arish, in preparation for distribution inside the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
The operation was coordinated between the Egyptian Red Crescent and its Palestinian counterpart, and with the support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
The total number of aircraft that have arrived so far is 764, including 624 aircraft loaded with aid and 140 aircraft carrying international delegations.
Food entering through the Rafah crossing accounts for 10 per cent of the food needs of all Gaza’s more than two million people.
Dropping of new Egyptian aid to Gaza by air