An advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister for humanitarian affairs, Zaidan Khalaf, announced today, Thursday, that he has sent a fuel tanker to Egypt to help alleviate the fuel shortage crisis in the Gaza Strip, which is hindering relief efforts amid an Israeli blockade leading to a humanitarian crisis. He indicated that "an Iraqi tanker loaded with ten million liters of fuel has sailed to the Suez Canal as assistance for the Palestinians in Gaza, and the Iraqi government intends to send more aid shipments in the future."