Scottish Medical Aid's second shipment due in Gaza

A second consignment of medical aid from Scotland is due in Gaza as Pauline McNeill MSP returns to Scotland to tell of her shock at what she witnessed of the continuing humanitarian emergency.

From The Glaswegian

A GLASGOW MSP told of the utter devastation in Gaza as she helped deliver vital medical aid from Scotland to the sick and injured.

Pauline McNeill had just returned from a mercy mission to Gaza when she spoke of the victims' "sheer gratitude to Scotland" and the heart-rending scenes of women and children living in tents.

Hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza were killed during Israel's military onslaught in response to terrorist rockets fired from the Hamas-run country into Israel.

Pauline returned to Glasgow with her delegation having delivered the first tranche of medical aid to the Gaza Strip by truck.

Some of the £50,000 collected in Scotland was used to buy medical supplies in Cairo.

A large contribution was made by Glasgow Central Mosque, and three of its members, Sid Khan, Shalim Mohammed and Shamim Ahmed, who were part of Pauline's team.

A second aid consignment led by Denis Rutovitz, chair of Edinburgh Direct Aid (EDA), is expected to enter Gaza this week with the assistance of the Egyptian Red Crescent...

...Nearly three tons of medical aid purchased or donated by hospitals, pharmacies and individuals in Scotland has been packed up and waiting to go for some time in EDA's Granton warehouse.

As soon as the green light was given by Mr. Osman, EDA volunteers John Home Robertson and Jim Harkins loaded up the nine pallets of aid and drove it down to Heathrow overnight. It is expected to arrive in Cairo on a British Airways flight.

Mr Rutovitz and Scotland to Gaza Medical Aid volunteer, Dr. Colin Cooper, are in Cairo arranging with the help of the Red Crescent to clear the shipment through customs and truck it on through the Rafa Crossing and in to Gaza.

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