A FRENCH CARGO WORTH 1 €M ARIVED ON 25th FEBRUARY IN CAIRO TO HELP GAZA WOUNDED

USPA NEWS - At the request of the President of the Republic and the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, a medical cargo worth one million euros arrived on Sunday February 25 in Cairo, in the presence of the French Ambassador in Egypt and the Associate Minister for International Affairs of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Coordinated by the crisis and support center of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the French Embassy in Cairo, this operation is part of the civil protection mechanism of the European Union and will benefit the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Made up of 8 tons of medical equipment, constituted with the Ministry of Labor, Health and Solidarity, this humanitarian shipment aims to respond to the needs expressed by the Egyptian authorities and to help Egyptian hospitals treat the wounded evacuated from Gaza" Source: French Foreign Affairs Ministry

FRENCH MIN. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONTINUED HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN SUPPORT OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION OF GAZA
February 25, 2024
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« At the request of the President of the Republic and the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, a medical cargo worth one million euros arrived on Sunday February 25 in Cairo, in the presence of the French Ambassador in Egypt and the Associate Minister for International Affairs of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Coordinated by the crisis and support center of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the French Embassy in Cairo, this operation is part of the civil protection mechanism of the European Union and will benefit the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population. Made up of 8 tons of medical equipment, constituted with the Ministry of Labor, Health and Solidarity, this humanitarian shipment aims to respond to the needs expressed by the Egyptian authorities and to help Egyptian hospitals treat the wounded evacuated from Gaza.

Since last October, France has been particularly mobilizing to provide health aid to the civilian population of Gaza, in close coordination with Egypt. The deployment in the port of Al-Arish of the French ship Dixmude thus enabled the reception of 1,000 patients and the care by a multidisciplinary civil-military medical team of 124 injured civilians evacuated from Gaza for 2 months. France also transported nearly 1,000 tonnes of humanitarian cargo to Egypt, through 13 air and maritime operations, including medicines, nutritional supplements and tents, with the support of the Egyptian authorities and the Egyptian Red Crescent. France has also launched a medical evacuation program for injured Palestinian children, which has made it possible to date 9 Palestinian children to be treated in French hospitals. In order to support the Egyptian health system, which is heavily strained by the reception of injured people in the context of the humanitarian crises in Gaza and Sudan, France will strengthen its medical and hospital cooperation with Egypt.

Faced with the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, France recalls the urgency of concluding an agreement on a ceasefire which finally guarantees the protection of all civilians and the massive entry of humanitarian aid." Source: French Foreign Affairs Ministry