US Military Delivers 260 Tons of Supplies to Beirut in Wake of Explosion

American military forces have supplied 260 tons of humanitarian aid to the Lebanese capital of Beirut since an explosion rocked the city more than a week ago and killed or left more than 200 people missing, wounded another 6,000 and left 300,000 homeless, Stars & Stripes reported.

The shipments, which began arriving on Aug. 6 – two days after the blast – included half a million pounds of food, water and medical supplies delivered by C-17s of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Air Mobility Command from Qatar. On Tuesday, 12,000 pounds of medical kits were delivered from Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, U.S. Army Europe said, according to Stars & Stripes.

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{Matzav.com}