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India sends aid to people of Palestine
Updated On: 23 October, 2023 07:29 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Consignment of nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material was sent on IAF aircraft
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An IAF C-17 flight carrying medical aid and disaster relief material for the people of Palestine. Pic/PTI
India on Sunday sent nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine. The consignments were sent in a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The plane is transporting the aid to El-Arish airport in Egypt.
"India sends Humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine. An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on `X`. "The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary items," he said.
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