Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy crosses Moroccan-Algerian border

An international humanitarian aid convoy headed to the blockaded Gaza Strip arrived in Algeria Saturday afternoon after the temporary opening of the Algerian border with Morocco at the behest of President Abdellaziz Bouteflika.

•  The convoy, including 29 vehicles and 67 human rights activists, the convoy carried supplies including textbooks, clothes, winter blankets, foodstuffs, medicines and mobile hospitals, Mohamed El Haddad, a British member of Libyan origin told the newspaper Echorouk.

• The international humanitarian convoy does not belong to any political party or institution, Haddad stressed.
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• The relief aid is designed to meet the dire needs of the oppressed population of Gaza, he said.

• Bouhraoua Mohamed, one of four Algerians involved in the convoy, said he was very proud to be part of this humanitarian aid. “I spontaneously responded to the call made by volunteers on a humanitarian website to show my support for my Palestinian brothers,” he asserted.

• The convoy kicked off on Oct. 10 in Britain and had crossed several countries including France, Spain and Morocco before arriving in Algeria.

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• It will join another humanitarian caravan on Oct. 22 in Libya and is expected to arrive in Gaza on Oct. 24, if everything goes according to plan.