Algeria to send aid to Gaza
2009-01-02 13:11
Algiers - Algeria will send medical aid to the Gaza Strip by the end of this week, a government minister announced on Thursday.
National Solidarity Minister Djamel Ould Abbes told the APS news agency that Algerian aid would arrive in the stricken region on Saturday as it faced a sixth consecutive day of Israeli air strikes.
Abbes added that a team of doctors and surgeons would accompany the aid package, which includes medical supplies.
Algeria sent one aid package including food supplies and medicine on Monday.
At least 414 Palestinians, most Hamas members but including scores of civilians have been killed in the Israeli blitz on Hamas targets in Gaza that started on Saturday.