Health advisor to President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, Mohammad Awad Taj Al-Din said that Egypt hosts a very large number of displaced people from countries all over the world including Sudan, Yemen, and Syria for example, along with other countries.
He added in statements, Monday that Egypt had provided up to $160 million of humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip, as the Red Crescent provided aid worth $70 million.
He explained that urgent medical aid was provided, through several methods, to treat patients coming from Gaza, with total coast of LE 311 million, inside the Egyptian hospitals. Other 113 cases were received, including 840 cases that required surgical intervention, Taj al-Din said.
He stressed that all civil society organizations and the ‘Decent Life’ Foundation provided great assistance to the brothers from Gaza, and also to the injured who received treatment.
Earlier in January, Egypt established six logistic zones and nine warehouses to handle international aid that arrive in Arish International Airport and is delivered by the Egyptian Red Crescent to Gaza Strip, Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Qabbaj stated during the " International Call for Humanitarian Support to Gaza" conference.
The event was attended by senior officials at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement as well as representatives of UN organizations, NGOs, and humanitarian work partners.
Source: Egypt Today
