Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry announced [1] on July 18 that it shipped 1,000 tons of wheat flour to Palestine through a program called “Grain from Ukraine.”
🇵🇸 #Palestine [2] received 1,000 tons of wheat flour under the “#GrainFromUkraine [3]” humanitarian programme
This shipment is the first of three deliveries intended for Palestine from #Ukraine [4] under the initiative. It will help support over 101,000 Palestinian families for a month 🌾 pic.twitter.com/PUKS4ZGUVl [5]
— MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@MFA_Ukraine) July 18, 2024 [6]
This initial delivery marks the commencement of three planned food aid packages, with the first batch expected to sustain over 100,000 Palestinian families for a month, according to the foreign ministry.
The @GrainFromUA [7] initiative has sent the first of three shipments to Palestine in conjunction with the @WFP [8], which will provide food relief to over 100,000 families caught in the middle of the Israel-Hamas conflict. #GrainFromUkraine [3] pic.twitter.com/1A48rEqtsk [9]
— Andriy Yermak (@AndriyYermak) July 18, 2024 [10]
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has exacerbated food scarcity, with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) maintaining a presence. While international aid organizations and foreign governments have attempted to provide food aid to Gaza, the United Nations has highlighted the need for over 500 daily truckloads of assistance to address the local population’s requirements.
Notably, this comes shortly after Biden’s administration announced [11] it is dismantling its failed ‘Gaza Pier’ due to weather and security problems.
President Volodymyr Zelensky affirmed in June that Ukraine acknowledges [12] the statehood of both Israel and Palestine.