DUBAI: The UAE has sent a further five planes carrying supplies and equipment to support the construction of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, bringing to 16 the total number of aircraft sent as part of the UAE’s operation Gallant Knight 3.
The cargo will be unloaded in El-Arish, in Egypt, where all the equipment, supplies, and requirements necessary for the installation and operation of the UAE field hospital will be assembled, state news agency WAM reported.
The UAE launched an air bridge earlier in the week to transport the hospital’s equipment as part of the operation in line with the country’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians and support the health system in the Gaza Strip, which is facing exceptional and critical circumstances the statement added.
