A plane with the first batch of Spanish humanitarian aid for the war-hit
Lebanese people left Spain on Tuesday, said Lola Martin Villalba, head of the
technical board of the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECI).
The plane, after a stopover in Cyprus, will arrive in Beirut, capital of
Lebanon, on Wednesday noon, he said.
On board were pediatricians, traumatologists, medicine, medical equipment,
general cleaning utensils and food, he said.
The Spanish government has allocated 3 million euros (about 3.7 million U.S.
dollars) to Lebanon as the humanitarian aid, said the AECI official, without
confirming the date of follow-up shipment of the aid.
The conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah erupted on July 12 when
Israel started a retaliatory military offensive after Lebanese militia Hezbollah
staged an incursion into Israeli territory, killing several soldiers and seizing
two more.
At least 624 Lebanese people, most of them civilians, and 54 Israelis, 36 of
them soldiers, have been killed in the conflict.
