The Government on Wednesday announced a new £2 million aid package to provide urgent medical supplies to hospitals across the Gaza Strip.
The funding was confirmed by the International Development Secretary Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP.
The International Development Secretary said: “The UK aid funding announced today will help treat the growing number of emergency patients and provide urgently needed medicines, surgical supplies and rehabilitation”.
The new package will go to the International Committee for the Red Cross’s (ICRC) 2019 Israel and Occupied Territories (ILOT) Appeal. UK aid will contribute to the delivery of surgical equipment, drugs and disposables, wound dressing kits, rehabilitative prosthetics, and post-surgery physiotherapy through the Artificial Limb and Polio Centre.
The International Development Secretary also said: “We are also working to address some of the underlying causes of the humanitarian situation in Gaza through an economic development programme, which includes increasing the sustainable supplies of water and electricity. The UK supports a return to negotiations to find a lasting political settlement for Palestinians and Israelis”.
