The Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama (scholars) announced on Monday starting preparation for sending a humanitarian convoy to the besieged Gaza Strip by the end of April after the Egyptian authorities agreed to let it pass through Rafah border crossing.
Al-Tuhami Majourie member of the Algerian Muslim Scholars nongovernmental association which organizes and supervises the aid convoy said that it was scheduled to kick off months ago but a delay occurred due to political conditions in Egypt according to Anadolu news agency.
“We received a phone call a month ago from the Egyptian Embassy in Algeria saying that there was an official approval for the convoy to pass through Rafah crossing towards Gaza Strip” he said.
He revealed that the solidarity convoy carries medications clothes and household goods in addition to school tools that were collected in a popular donation campaign in Algeria.
The association had organized several convoys to the blockaded Gaza Strip the last of which was in 2015 he highlighted.
