UAE charity sends aid to Palestinian flood victims

Jennifer Thomas

A charity has sent aid to 100 Palestinian families affected by severe floods.

The Human Appeal International, a UAE-based, non-governmental aid agency, has spent the past five days distributing aid to families whose houses were swept away by floods and rain, mainly near Jericho.

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