aid/relief convoy

noun

: a group of vehicles carrying emergency food and supplies

The United Nations is sending an aid/relief convoy to the region.

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Meanwhile, an aid convoy traveling from Algeria picked up new participants along the route in Tunisia and Libya but was stopped in the city of Sirte, about 585 miles from the Libya-Egypt border. — Sam Metz, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2025 Claims of an attack on a Chinese Red Cross convoy Before Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement, an opposition militia belonging to the Brotherhood Alliance reported that the military fired on a relief convoy of nine Chinese Red Cross vehicles late Tuesday in the northern part of Shan state. — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025 In April, a strike on a WCK aid convoy killed seven workers -- three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian-American dual national and a Palestinian. — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2024 Advertisement The earlier strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy in April killed three British citizens, Polish and Australian nationals, a Canadian American dual national and a Palestinian. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 Earlier this year, when far-right activists disrupted an aid convoy headed to Gaza, tossing food off the trucks and setting fire to two vehicles, Standing Together activists confronted them. — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024 More to Read Israeli strikes in Gaza kill more than a dozen Palestinians Sept. 7, 2024 Israeli strike kills 4 Palestinians in an aid convoy to a Gaza hospital. — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024 This confusion was compounded because Israeli officials could not directly communicate with the aid convoy, the review added. — Reuters, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel’s target As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024

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