Victory for Gaza aid convoy! Kiwis help convoy make history!

Cairo politicians have today agreed to allow the international aid convoy safe passage across Egypt and into Gaza.

"Our Kiwi Team is part of a convoy that's making history by breaking the inhuman Israeli siege of Gaza," said Grant Morgan, co-organiser of Kia Ora Gaza.

Roger Fowler, captain of Kia Ora Gaza's six-person team on the convoy, said in a text message: "We expect to depart Friday morning by ship from Syria to Egypt's port of Al-Arish."

With Syria 10 hours behind New Zealand time, that means the convoy's departure will come tomorrow evening NZT.

The Egyptian government's response is a reversal of its previous ban on solidarity aid convoys to Gaza. It comes after the Israeli military attack on the Gaza aid ship Mavi Marmara four months ago, when nine humanitarian volunteers were shot to death and dozens more wounded by gunfire.

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