A displaced Gazan man who fled the war says he is proud to be packing humanitarian aid for his people, thanks to the UAE’s mission to Gaza.
Mahmoud Ahmed Al Shaer, from Khan Younis, escaped across the Rafah border crossing to Egypt on January 3 last year.
After months without a job, the 43-year-old secured work at the UAE aid stores in Al Arish, Egypt. “We escaped death, but I couldn’t support my family for many months here in Egypt,” the father of six told The National. “I met the Emirati people here and they offered me a job as they knew I’m from Gaza.”
Mr Al Shaer, who moved with his family, started working in the UAE’s warehouses packing humanitarian supplies. “Knowing I’m helping my people in Gaza makes me proud,” he said.
When Mr Al Shaer escorted aid lorries to the Rafah border crossing, he was shocked to see Emiratis spending the night waiting for lorries to make sure the aid entered Gaza safely.
The UAE has carried out more than 53 drops of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip as part of the Birds of Goodness operation, with 3,544 tonnes of food and relief supplies dropped in total, according to the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence.
Two hospitals have been established as part of the UAE's programme to help those in need in Gaza, including one with a centre providing prosthetic limbs to Palestinians wounded in the war.
The field hospital in the southern Gaza Strip has 200 beds and more than 100 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians. It has treated thousands of patients since it opened in December.
The hospital has the capacity for 15 operations and 25 physiotherapy sessions per day. It has operating rooms, intensive care facilities, a laboratory, a pharmacy and medical warehouses. The vast ship, which sailed from Khalifa Port, also has an evacuation plane and boat, as well as fully equipped ambulances.
The UAE has also established six desalination plants, capable of generating up to 2 million gallons of clean drinking water a day for thousands of people.
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