Iraq sends fuel to Gaza via Egypt

Published December 21, 2023

Iraq has sent a fuel tanker to Egypt to help alleviate shortages in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

“An Iraqi tanker carrying a cargo of 10 million litres of fuel has left Basra port for the Suez Canal as an aid to the Palestinians in Gaza, and the government of Iraq is planning to send further aid cargoes in future,” said Zedan Khalaf, an adviser to the prime minister for humanitarian affairs.

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