An Australian billionaire is offering to build a secure gate system on the Israel-Gaza border, which he says could allow 10,000 metric tons of food aid to be delivered daily to Palestinians.
Andrew Forrest, founder of the Minderoo Foundation, was scheduled to put forward the proposal on Tuesday at an emergency summit on Gaza in Jordan, hosted by Jordan, Egypt and the United Nations, and attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
He also pledged $5 million to improve the Jordanian humanitarian land corridor by building storage warehouses to allow more aid to pass into Gaza, according to what CNN reported.
“Right now, the Jordanian people are shouldering a huge burden by driving the only most effective route to Gaza,” mining magnate and environmental warrior Forrest said in a statement. “I intend to ease their burdens.”
According to a video presentation on her website, Minderoo said the most ambitious plan, to build secure gates at three points along the Israel-Gaza border, could be operational within three weeks, if Israel gives the green light.
In a separate statement, Forrest said the project was designed in consultation with Israel and Palestinian communities over the past two months.
The presentation added that the project was developed by Fortescue, the iron ore mining and green energy company of which Forrest is the founder and executive chairman.
The secure gates include installing 3 remote-monitored access points in undisclosed locations on the border between Israel and Gaza to conduct 3D scans of trucks delivering aid to the area as they arrive and leave.
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