REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- JAKARTA — Grain trucks that are food aid to Palestinians from the Indonesian community entered Rafah City, Gaza Strip, on Thursday (25/1/2024). Information about the arrival of the grain truck was received by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Indonesian Red Crescent (BSMI) Prof. Basuki Supartono directly from the aid truck driver named Syihabuddin.

“Shihabudin reports that BSMI grain trucks have entered Rafah, Gaza, through the border gate of Kareem Abu Salim, Palestine,” Basuki said. Trucks containing 32 tonnes of grain will be distributed to refugee points in Gaza. Basuki hopes the aid can reach northern Gaza.

As a result, BSMI removed the truck on Monday (22/1/2024) from the Ismailiyah relief warehouse. The grain is ordered directly from his factory located not far from the warehouse location. According to information from some aid truck drivers, it usually takes seven to ten days for aid trucks to get through to Gaza

BSMI Secretary General Muhammad Rudi said that the aid channeled from the Indonesian people through BSMI to Gaza has reached Rp 3.5 billion. The aid has been channelled since Israel's military aggression was launched on Oct. According to Rudi, there are several types of aid that are channeled from finished food, medicines, medical supplies, ambulances, to cash assistance.

Rudi said BSMI was also planning to rally aid for the construction of a field hospital in Gaza. According to Rudi, the field hospital was also a direct request on the part of the Egyptian Ministry of Health. According to Rudi, BSMI is working with other humanitarian organizations in Indonesia to create the field hospital. Not only that, BSMI is also still preparing post-war programs, one of which is scholarships for Palestinian doctors. “There are already two candidates we have prepared,” he said.

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