[R-G] Aid Convoy Heading for Gaza

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

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Aid convoy heading for Gaza

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LONDON (AFP) — A convoy of more than 100 vehicles loaded with aid
bound for the Gaza Strip left London on Saturday.

The convoy, including 12 ambulances and a fire engine, is bearing more
than one million pounds (1.4 million dollars, 1.1 million euros) worth
of aid.

The vehicles will travel 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) through
France, Spain and North Africa, crossing from Egypt into Gaza at Rafah
in early March.

The convoy was organised by the Viva Palestine umbrella group.

Hundreds of volunteers are driving the convoy, which includes a boat
and trucks full of medicines, tools, clothes, blankets and shoe-boxes
bearing gifts for children.

"There is an intifada sweeping Britain. It is a massive and peaceful
movement in support of the beleaguered population of Gaza and
Palestine," said pro-Palestinian lawmaker George Galloway, who will
help drive the convoy.

"It is happening everywhere, but is especially strong in the north of
England and especially among young Muslims.

"We will lead the biggest convoy of British vehicles across North
Africa since Montgomery."

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery commanded Allied forces at the Battle
of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, a turning point in World War II.