Earlier on Saturday, World Central Kitchen said its team had finished unloading food and other desperately needed supplies from the barge towed by Spanish aid vessel Open Arms, which left Cyprus on Tuesday in a trial run for the aid corridor.”All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza,” World Central Kitchen said in a statement, noting it included “almost 200 tonnes of food”.The cargo on the Jennifer includes “pallets of canned goods and bulk product — including beans, carrots, canned tuna, chickpeas, canned corn, parboiled rice, flour, oil and salt,” the charity said.It also includes a forklift and a crane to assist with deliveries, it said.The United Arab Emirates has sent “a special load of 120 (kilogrammes of) fresh dates,” it added.Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters that Open Arms “has begun to return” to Cyprus “and we are ready to send the second ship with humanitarian aid to Gaza.”The Spanish charity that owns the first vessel, also named Open Arms, said it would get back to Cyprus on Sunday and could participate in future aid deliveries.
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