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[ 20/12/2008 - 08:53 AM ]
Gaza, PIC
The "Dignity" boat docked at the Gaza
city harbor at an early hour on Saturday carrying one ton of Qatari medical aid
along with representatives of Qatari charitable society and other activists.
MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular anti
siege committee, said in statement after the arrival of the boat that the vessel
was the first Arab one to break the siege after the Libyan Marwa ship's
unsuccessful attempt in mid December.
He said that the arrival of this boat signals the
start of a series of Arab dispatched ships that would be launched within the few
coming days including the Lebanese ship to be followed by a ship carrying Arab,
Islamic and foreign parliamentarians.
The Qatari delegates would visit health installations
in the Strip and return with greater support, Khudari said, adding that the
present trip was "symbolic".
He said that the delegation would also study the
possibility of developing the Gaza harbor to handle bigger ships in addition to
other infrastructural projects, and pointed out that a tour has been organized
for the delegates to get acquainted with the bulk of devastation caused by the
Israeli occupation in all aspects of life in the Strip.
The boat had set sail from the Cypriot port of
Larnaca on Friday evening in the fifth such voyage from Cyprus.
Katia Nasser, one of the correspondents of the
Qatari-based Al-Jazeera TV network, was on board the ship and reported from
there that it carried expensive medications to treat cancer and acute depression
in addition to other medicines for children along with baby milk powder and
toys.
The Free Gaza Movement is planning to organize a
series of sea voyages with bigger boats carrying more badly needed aid, she
elaborated.
For his part, Sheikh Ayed Al-Qahtani, the head of the
Qatari delegation aboard "Dignity", said in a statement after arriving in Gaza
that the voyage was a message to the world that "We can do something to break
this siege".
Qahtani promised more such sea trips carrying more
aid, adding that all Arab and Islamic countries should work on breaking the
siege through diplomatic, or other, means.
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