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Canada says it will join effort to get aid to Gaza through sea corridor

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are going hungry after five months of war
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Palestinians walk by a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip on March 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Hatem Ali

Canada will join an international effort to deliver humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians continue to go hungry.

Joly issued a statement saying Canada will join the international coalition that is working together to increase the flow of aid to Gaza through a humanitarian sea corridor originating from Cyprus.

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