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Miles of Smiles 10 Makes It Into Gaza

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460_0___10000000_0_0_0_0_0_675914430The Miles of Smiles 10 humanitarian convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Saturday via the Rafah border terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, carrying humanitarian supplies.

Local sources reported that all of the 124 members of the convoy managed to enter the coastal region, and that they intend to remain in Gaza for several days in order to distribute the supplies.

The convoy entered Gaza while Israeli continues its offensive against the Gaza Strip killing sixteen Palestinians and injuring more than 30 in less than 24 hours.

Miles of Smiles managed to enter the Gaza Strip to deliver essential supplies in all of it 10 trips; Miles of Smiles 9 made it into Gaza on February 6, 2012.

The first Miles of Smiles convoy made it into the Gaza Strip in mid-November of 2009 after being stranded at the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Terminal for 25 days.

Source: IMEMC

 

Miles of Smiles Convoy 8 arrives in Gaza

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miles-of-smiles-convoy-8-arrives-in-gazaYesterday night, the Miles of Smiles Convoy 8 arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Land Border Crossing with Egypt. The Convoy consisted of 48 solidarity activists from Britain, France, Lebanon, and Algeria.

The Convoy brought with it a range of medical provisions including a month's supply of dialysis medication, 120 electric wheelchairs and a number of cars to provide general services to the people of Gaza.

The Miles of Smiles Convoys forms part of the international and Arab solidarity campaign which aims to break the siege of Gaza. During the visit, members of the Convoy visited a range of health, governmental and public service facilities as well as the Palestinian parliament.

During a meeting with a convoy delegation at the headquarters of the Council in Gaza, the first deputy minister, Ahmed Bahr, asserted that solidarity convoys visiting the Gaza Strip were a clear indication that the Palestinian Cause was not limited to Palestinians alone, but rather extends to the whole Arab and Islamic nation.

Source: MEMO

   

4 more ex-soldiers linked to Turkish ship looting

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3_waDischarged troops charged with purchasing laptops that were allegedly stolen from ship raided by commandoes in 2010 as it was making its way to Gaza

Four former IDF soldiers were charged last week with involvement in the theft of laptop computers from the Mavi Marmara – a Turkish vessel which was seized by Israeli commandoes on May 31, 2010 as it was making its way to Gaza along with five other vessels in an attempt to breach a naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

Nine of the ship's passengers were killed and a number of IDF soldiers were wounded during the raid.

An IDF officer and soldier who were tasked with unloading equipment from the Marmara at the Ashdod Port were charged with looting more than a year ago. Their trial is still ongoing.

The Military Prosecution alleges that the four ex-soldiers had purchased the laptops, knowing they had been stolen, for NIS 1,000-1,500 ($260-390).

Read more: 4 more ex-soldiers linked to Turkish ship looting

   

8th 'Miles of smiles' convoy en route to Gaza

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56068_345x230GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Around 100 international activists will arrive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in the eighth "Miles of smiles" convoy bringing medical aid to the besieged population, coordinator Isam Mustafa said.

The activists will bring medicine worth 3 million Egyptian pounds ($497,000) as well as ambulances and cars adapted for people with disabilities, Mustafa said in a statement.

Activists from Tunis, Morocco, Bahrain, Jordan, Algeria, France, Poland and Britain are traveling with the convoy to show solidarity with Palestinians and break Israel's illegal siege of the enclave.

Israel intensified its land, sea and air blockade of Gaza in 2007 when Hamas took control of the coastal strip.

In May, Egypt opened the Rafah crossing on its border with Gaza, allowing some residents to leave for the first time in years. The terminal is not equipped for the transfer of goods, and residents still rely on underground tunnels to smuggle in goods from Egypt.

   
   

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