Turkish ship carrying field hospitals docks in Egypt near Gaza — official

Turkish ship carrying field hospitals docks in Egypt near Gaza — official

ISMAILIA, Egypt (AFP) — A Turkish vessel carrying materials for field hospitals arrived Monday in Egypt's port of El Arish near the Rafah border crossing with the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, a port official said.

It is the first such aid vessel to arrive in Egypt since war broke out on October 7. A Turkish health official told AFP that the vessel was carrying "materials, generators, ambulances to establish eight field hospitals".

The Turkish official added that Ankara had requested Cairo's approval to build the field hospitals in El Arish, which lies about 40 kilometres  from the Rafah border, the only crossing to Gaza not controlled by Israel.