Jordan to sent fresh batch of aid to Paleos
AMMAN - Jordans King Abdullah II has ordered the dispatch of a fourth batch of food aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian territories, the royal court said on Monday. A total of 25 trucks laden with 400 tonnes of food will head to the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the secretary general of the Hashemite Charity Organisation, Abdel Salam Abbadi, said in a statement issued by the palace.
Fifteen trucks will carry foodstuff to the Gaza Strip while the rest will make their way into the West Bank, he added. It will be the fourth convoy of Jordanian humanitarian assistance to be sent to the Palestinians in the past two months.
So who hands out the aid, and who monitors it? |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-16 |