Monday, January 12, 2009

Venezuela sends aid to impoverished Gaza


Press TV

"The Venezuelan government has sent humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the densely-populated area which has been under fire in the last 17 days.

An army Hercules C130 cargo plane bearing 12.5 tonnes of medical supplies and other materials was headed to Cairo which will transport the supplies into Gaza.

"We count on the support of the Egyptian Government and the United Nations so this life-sustaining shipment can reach the Palestinian people," AFP quoted President Hugo Chavez as saying on Sunday.

Chavez added that a second 80-tonnes humanitarian shipment would leave Venezuela for Gaza next week......"

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