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First aid ship to Gaza leaves Cyprus port in pilot project

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LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – A ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early Tuesday in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine.

The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing around 200 tonnes of flour, rice and protein.

(Reporting by Michele Kambas, Stamos Prousalis and Yiannis Kourtoglou; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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