The 40-ton medical aid included vital surgery supplies and other equipment and medicine to treat burns and fractures designed for children and adults. The particularity of the aid is that it was delivered via a land route and handed to the Palestinian red crescent at the Kerem Shelom crossing. The land route would ensure that aid reaches the targeted beneficiaries in war-devastated Gaza where Palestinians need concrete help not Algeria’s empty words. The medical aid is the second large-scale operation after that of Ramadan last March, when Morocco sent via the same unprecedented land route vital supplies to Palestinian civilians. Meanwhile, Algeria indulged in an official discourse that used the Palestinian issue for domestic political legitimization purposes.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 26, 2024 17:16 UTC