The charity is headed by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of the Libyan leader.
One month after Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a Libya-based charity group is sending another humanitarian convoy to the impoverished enclave to break the Israeli siege.
The Tripoli-based Gaddafi International Charity and Development Association will send the aid ship to Gaza from Greece.
The Moldova-flagged cargo ship Amalthea is set to leave Lavrio, around 60km (40 miles) south of Athens, on Friday, said the charity, headed by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The ship carries 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies including sacks of rice and sugar, corn oil and olive paste.
The Gaddafi Association added that the ship would also be carrying “a number of supporters who are keen on expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people in the plight amidst the siege imposed on Gaza.”
“I am scared, but our lives are in God’s hands. Our job is to help anyone who needs it. We don’t care if they are Catholics or Muslims or whatever. Now we are helping the people of Gaza who are suffering”, AP quoted head volunteer Adburaufel Jaziri as saying.
Israeli officials have not commented on the Libyan ship yet.
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