Statement by Palazzo Chigi on aid for the people of the Gaza Strip
28 January 2025

Alongside its regional and international partners, Italy is continuing in its efforts to stabilise the Middle East region and support its peoples. Today, helicopters from the Italian and Jordanian Armed Forces carried out a joint air mission to deliver concrete and effective assistance to the population of the Gaza Strip, transporting huge quantities of humanitarian aid.
This was in addition to the work carried out through the ‘Food for Gaza’ mechanism, which was launched by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and has already enabled more than 100 tonnes of food and medical aid to be delivered to the Strip.
Over the coming days, 15 lorries donated to the World Food Programme and another 15 tonnes of aid will be arriving to the Port of Ashdod.
This initiative further builds on the work that has been carried out by the Italian Armed Forces to support the civilians of Gaza since the war first started, with medical care being provided by the ‘Vulcano’ ship in Egypt and to help Palestinian children, also with Italian doctors in hospitals in the United Arab Emirates.