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Iran sends 95 tons of aid to Lebanon, Iraq sends 20tons, Israel donation rejected
[ALMASDARNEWS] The head of the Iranian Red Islamic Thingy Society, Karim Hemti, announced on Thursday, the dispatch of two planes filled with humanitarian aid to Leb...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... The President of the Red Islamic Thingy Society stated that the two Iranian planes are carrying 15 tons of medical materials and medicines, 45 tons of food, and a field hospital that will be established in Beirut in coordination with the Lebanese Red Thingy, accompanied by 13 specialist doctors and 16 civil defense personnel. He said that Lebanon announced that it did not need camps or pitching tents, and therefore it was not sent to it. "We will be with the Lebanese people, and we will prepare more assistance according to the field conditions and needs in the coming days," he added. Twenty tons of Iraqi medical aid arrives in blasted Beirut [Rudaw] An airplane carrying 20 tons of medical aid from the Iraqi government landed in Beirut on Wednesday evening to support those maimed in the city’s recent deadly explosion, Iraq’s oil minister told Iraqi state-media. "Under the guidance of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, an Iraqi delegation led by the oil minister arrived in Beirut with 20 tons of medical aids," Ihsan Abdul-Jabar announced on Wednesday of his visit. "The delegation consists of 15 senior doctors to provide support to the hospitals in Leb  The blast has devastated the economic heart of Lebanon during a time of unprecedented financial crisis, with the value of the Lebanese pound plummeting since October 2019, when anti-government protests erupted across the country, leaving many jobless and unable to feed their families.Israeli organization says it will send medical aid to Lebanon [IsraelTimes] An Israeli group says it is planning to fly medical and humanitarian aid to Leb to support those injured in the Beirut blast on Tuesday, which killed more than 130 people and maimed thousands. The equipment is meant to be distributed at health institutions and children care facilities. SmartAID says it will fly in personal protective equipment, ventilators, medical items for burn victims, general supplies for injuries and solar lights, along with more equipment. The items are being collected in warehouses in North America and Australia, the organization says. Lebanon has not approved Israel’s offer to help the country deal with the devastation caused by the earth-shattering kaboom, and it isn’t clear whether it will accept this aid either. Posted by: Fred 2020-08-07 |
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