First Aid Ship Leaves for Embattled Gaza, Cyprus President Says
The Open Arms vessel in the Cypriot port of Larnaca on March 11.
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The first ship carrying aid to Gaza from Cyprus has set sail, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides said.
“The first ship in the context of the Cyprus Maritime Corridor Initiative for humanitarian aid to Gaza has sailed. It is a lifeline to civilians,” Christodoulides said Tuesday in a post on X.