‘Sumoud’ Aid Convoy Heads to Egypt Seeking to Break the Siege on Gaza 

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Participants plan to cross from Libya into Egypt by Thursday before reaching the city of Rafah near the border with Gaza.

An overland aid convoy of buses and cars crossed into Libya on Tuesday as it makes its way to Egypt, aiming to break Israel’s crippling humanitarian siege on the Gaza Strip.

Consisting of 12 buses and 100 private cars, the Sumoud (resilience in Arabic) convoy of more than 1,000…