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The European Union and the United States announced on Friday the upcoming opening of a sea corridor between Cyprus and Gaza to transport humanitarian aid directly to the Strip.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a visit to the port city of Larnaca in southern Cyprus, “We are very close to opening this sea corridor, and we hope that it will happen this Sunday.”
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic, which is why the European Commission, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Cyprus, the UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States announce their intention to open a sea corridor for the delivery of much-needed additional humanitarian aid,” said a joint statement by the plan’s contributors.
This came after US President Joe Biden announced that he had instructed the army to establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast that could receive shipments of food, water and medicine needed by the severely besieged enclave.
The Pentagon announced that the temporary floating port, which the United States plans to build off Gaza, will take up to 60 days to build, and more than a thousand troops will likely participate.
According to the United Nations, 2.2 million Gazans are at risk of famine with serious shortages of food and drinking water, and 1.7 million have been displaced from their homes by shelling and fighting.
Europe is financing a major humanitarian aid effort for Palestinians.
€250 million euros this year alone.
But the key challenge is getting this aid to people in Gaza.
This is why we’re launching the Cyprus Maritime Corridor, with the US and UAE ↓ https://t.co/mrNBl9WsHb
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) March 8, 2024