Aid ship from Cyprus 'ready' to sail for Gaza, Spanish charity says

Two hundred tonnes of food aid were "ready" to be sent from Cyprus to war-ravaged Gaza by sea, a Spanish NGO said Saturday, the first shipment along an EU-backed maritime corridor. As hopes for a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan faded, an international effort to launch a sea corridor to supply aid to the Palestinian enclave have gathered pace. Read FRANCE 24's blog to see how the day's events unfolded.