ISLAMABAD: Pakistan dispatched its 22nd relief consignment to Gaza on Monday, delivering 100 tons of essential relief supplies via El‑Arish International Airport, officials said.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in partnership with the Alkhidmat Foundation, oversees the mission amid escalating humanitarian needs in Gaza.
Officials from the Pakistani embassy in Cairo received the shipment and handed it over to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society for onward delivery inside Gaza.
In a statement, the embassy said, “We will continue to stand with the Palestinian brothers and sisters and provide much‑needed humanitarian assistance.”
The NDMA confirmed the contents of the shipment, including ration bags with flour, cooking oil, rice, ready‑to‑eat meals, chickpeas, jam, and canned fruit.
The organization said this marks the cumulative delivery of 1,915 tonnes of aid to date.
“On the special directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif … Pakistan remains committed to extending humanitarian assistance to their Palestinian brethren,” the NDMA said.
The aid effort comes as Gaza faces a deepening food crisis: the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has warned that northern Gaza is already experiencing famine, with the risk of famine spreading to central and southern regions by the end of September unless urgent relief reaches those areas.
Pakistan has repeatedly used multilateral forums like the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to call attention to civilian deaths, estimated at over 65,000 by Gaza’s Health Ministry, and to demand that Israel allow uninterrupted humanitarian access.
Islamabad also maintains its long‑standing stance supporting an independent Palestinian state along pre‑1967 borders, with Al‑Quds Al‑Sharif as its capital.