Umran Ali Javaid bought the ambulance in January and has now received approval of travel from Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories in Israel. He will set off for the Rafah border and hand over the ambulance to the UN agency UNRWA which is the largest humanitarian organisation working inside Gaza.
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Umran plans to drive from Glasgow next week and catch a ferry from Dover to France, travelling through Europe into Turkey and then getting a ship to Al Arish port in Egypt where he will drive to the Rafah border. He has used the route before the current war to get aid into Gaza.