aid/relief convoy

noun

: a group of vehicles carrying emergency food and supplies

The United Nations is sending an aid/relief convoy to the region.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel’s target As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024 Earlier this year, when far-right activists disrupted an aid convoy headed to Gaza, tossing food off the trucks and setting fire to two vehicles, Standing Together activists confronted them. —

Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024 More to Read Israeli strikes in Gaza kill more than a dozen Palestinians Sept. 7, 2024 Israeli strike kills 4 Palestinians in an aid convoy to a Gaza hospital. —

Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 This confusion was compounded because Israeli officials could not directly communicate with the aid convoy, the review added. —

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