 The convoy of 100 vehicles of humanitarian aid is heading for the Gaza Strip. |
Algeria and Morocco have opened their border for the first time in 15 years allowing a Gaza-bound humanitarian convoy to pass through.
The border crossing was opened for the first time since 1994, letting a convoy of 100 vehicles with 315 drivers to pass the border on its way to the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Algerian-Moroccan border was closed in 1994 after an attack on a hotel in Marrakech. Rabat accused Algerian secret services of masterminding the attack.
The convoy which has been organized by a UK-based umbrella body called 'Viva Palestine', left London last week, traveling through France, Spain and North Africa, to cross from Egypt into Gaza through the Rafah border-crossing in early March.
Yvonne Ridley, a Press TV presenter and political analyst, with film-maker Hassan al Banna Ghani are traveling with the convoy and making a documentary recording the journey.
The Gaza Strip has been under a tight Israeli blockade which has not been lifted in 19 months, even during Tel Aviv's three-week-long all-out war against the territory.
* To read Yvonne's intriguing account of her experiences en route to Gaza check out the Features and Reflections section of Gaza Under "Siegefire".
The border crossing was opened for the first time since 1994, letting a convoy of 100 vehicles with 315 drivers to pass the border on its way to the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Algerian-Moroccan border was closed in 1994 after an attack on a hotel in Marrakech. Rabat accused Algerian secret services of masterminding the attack.
The convoy which has been organized by a UK-based umbrella body called 'Viva Palestine', left London last week, traveling through France, Spain and North Africa, to cross from Egypt into Gaza through the Rafah border-crossing in early March.
Yvonne Ridley, a Press TV presenter and political analyst, with film-maker Hassan al Banna Ghani are traveling with the convoy and making a documentary recording the journey.
The Gaza Strip has been under a tight Israeli blockade which has not been lifted in 19 months, even during Tel Aviv's three-week-long all-out war against the territory.
* To read Yvonne's intriguing account of her experiences en route to Gaza check out the Features and Reflections section of Gaza Under "Siegefire".
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