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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Gallant praises US plan to provide aid to Gaza by sea, says it will ‘advance the collapse of Hamas’s rule’
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Touring the coast of the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says plans to provide aid to the Gaza Strip via a temporary port set up by the United States will “advance the collapse of Hamas’s rule.”
“The process is designed to bring aid directly to the residents and thus continue the collapse of Hamas’s rule in Gaza,” says Gallant aboard a Dvora-class patrol boat.
“We will bring the aid through a maritime route that is coordinated with the US on the security and humanitarian side, with the assistance of the Emirates on the civil side, and appropriate inspection in Cyprus, and we will bring goods imported by international organizations with American assistance.”
“We will ensure that supplies reach here for those who need them and not for those who don’t,” he adds.
Joining Gallant was the head of the Navy, Vice Adm. David Sa’ar Salama, the head of COGAT, Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, the minister’s military secretary, Brig. Gen. Guy Markizeno, and the commander of the Ashdod Base, Cpt. Eitan Paz.
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