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AMMAN (dpa)
Germany is to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Euro 50 million ($55 million) to more than Euro 360 million since last year, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced in Amman on Thursday.
Baerbock was speaking at a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister
Ayman Al-Safadi. The main focus of the aid is combating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, along with the provision of health services.
In addition, humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan is to be increased by Euro 12.7 million, raising German aid to Jordan to Euro 63 million over the course of 2024.
According to the German Foreign Office, two convoys of 120 trucks per week travel from Jordan directly to the Gaza Strip via border crossings in the north of the Gaza Strip. Germany is to provide an additional Euro 5 million to support this access.
Before travelling on to Israel as part of the two-day trip, Baerbock was to visit a warehouse operated by the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), a non-governmental organisation playing a key role in distributing Jordanian aid to the Gaza Strip.
The JHCO provides medical equipment, food, tents, household goods and clothing, supported by the German government with Euro 4 million for the purchase of trucks, fuel and vehicle maintenance requirements.
Baerbock arrived in Saudi Arabia earlier on Thursday, before travelling on to Jordan.
