Jordan Times
Sunday, September 17, 2006
15-truck aid convoy
heads to Palestinian territories
The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) on Saturday dispatched an aid
convoy to the Palestinian territories. The trucks are laden with 221 tonnes of
foodstuff donated by Jordanians and other Arab countries. Nine trucks will head
to the Gaza Strip and six to the West Bank, JHCO Secretary General Abdul Salam
Abbadi said. The aid, which was sent in cooperation with the Armed Forces Crisis
Management Centre and the Jordanian embassy in Palestine, comes in
implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives. Jordan has sent 215
aid convoys to the Palestinians since the start of the Palestinian uprising in
2000.