Singapore sends 1,000 tonnes of rice and 300 tonnes of sardines to relieve hunger in Gaza

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (second from left) handing over the humanitarian package to UAE charge d’affaires Dhabia Al Mehairbi (second from right) on July 22. - BERITA HARIAN

SINGAPORE: To help with food insecurity in Gaza, Singapore is sending 1,000 tonnes of white rice and 300 tonnes of canned sardines in what is the Republic’s fourth tranche of aid to the war-torn strip over nine months.

Singapore has contributed more than S$17 million in donations so far in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.