China's fresh batch of humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza

A fresh batch of humanitarian aid supplies provided by the Chinese government to the Gaza Strip arrived in the war-torn enclave through Jordan on Saturday.

The supplies, consisting of 12,000 food parcels, is the first shipment of a total of 60,000 Chinese-aid packages to be delivered into Gaza Strip by the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization via land borders.

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The urgently needed materials have been handed over to humanitarian organizations, including the World Food Programme and the Palestine Red Crescent Society, for distribution to the Palestinian people displaced by the devastating war of the past 16 months.

Gaza's Health Ministry has confirmed 48,346 Palestinian deaths in Israel's war on Gaza since October 2023, while 111,759 people have been wounded.

Using satellite data, the United Nations Satellite Center estimated that, as of Dec. 1, 2024, 69 percent of the structures in Gaza had been damaged or destroyed, including over 245,000 housing units.

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 14 pips to 7.0078 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.