The Turkish e-commerce big Trendyol on Saturday pledged $10 million in humanitarian support for Gaza, days after the nation’s drone magnate stated it will donate the identical quantity.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragedy unfolding in Gaza, and we hope {that a} lasting ceasefire and peaceable decision within the area will quickly be reached, Trendyol stated in an announcement.
“Trendyol pledges $10 million of humanitarian aid for the civilian population in Gaza,” the assertion famous.
“We are coordinating with relevant public authorities to ensure the direct delivery of aid to civilians struggling to survive under difficult conditions.”
“Moreover, we will launch additional humanitarian aid programs next week on our platform to generate additional support for Gaza,” the assertion added.
Last Thursday, Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief expertise officer (CTO) and chairperson of the board of the pioneering Turkish drone developer Baykar, introduced that the corporate would donate $10 million for critically wanted humanitarian help in Gaza.
Israel has imposed a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 after the Palestinian resistance group Hamas initiated a multi-pronged shock assault that included a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by land, sea, and air.
Hamas stated the incursion was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and rising violence by Israeli settlers.
Mass Israeli bombardments and blockades have since reduce off the densely populated Mediterranean coastal strip from meals, gas, medicines, water and different important provides, resulting in fears of a humanitarian disaster.
Gaza’s Health Ministry stated on Saturday that Israel’s air and missile strikes had killed at the least 4,385 Palestinians, together with lots of of kids, with greater than one million of the tiny territory’s 2.3 million individuals displaced.
Earlier on Saturday, a humanitarian convoy of 20 vans started coming into the Gaza Strip from the Egyptian facet of the Rafah border crossing, the primary for the reason that armed battle broke out.
Rafah is the primary route out and in of the Gaza Strip that Israel doesn’t management.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
