Aid Fleet Bound for Gaza

RAMALLAH, May 26 (IRIN) - Eight cargo ships with more than 10,000MT of humanitarian aid, mostly building materials, medical equipment and medicines, will set sail for the Gaza Strip on 27 May in a symbolic attempt by activists to break the three-year Israeli blockade, says the Turkish NGO, Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH),local Palestinian NGOs and authoritiesin Gaza.

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