Lord Cameron: UK joining US to create sea route for Gaza aid
The UK will join the US and other allies to create a maritime corridor to deliver aid directly to Gaza, the Foreign Secretary has said. Lord Cameron said the UK would be working with the US to provide aid by sea. He urged Israel to promise to open its functioning Ashdod Port in the meantime to where aid could be shipped from Cyprus and driven into Gaza. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 We've been involved in this maritime corridor from the start because what it's going to do is take aid from Cyprus in the Mediterranean and directly into Gaza.
00:10 What we've been doing is helping with the pre-screening of aid so you check it in Cyprus so it doesn't have to be rechecked when it arrives. That's important.
00:19 We also had the Royal Auxiliary Ship Lime Bay delivering aid from Cyprus right at the start.
00:25 But this new idea from the President of the United States, which we're involved in, of building a temporary harbour in Gaza means that aid will be able to go directly from Cyprus to Gaza.
00:35 But it's going to take time to build. So the crucial thing is today the Israelis must confirm that they'll open the port at Ashdod.
00:43 That is in Israel, but that's a working port. It can take aid now, that would increase the amount of aid, and that aid can then be driven into Gaza.
00:51 That would make a real difference and we need to make a real difference right now.