On Friday, The European Commission president said that a charity ship would leave for Gaza as part of a pilot operation to test a new humanitarian sea corridor delivering aid directly from Cyprus to the Palestinian enclave. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU, together with the US, the United Arab Emirates and other involved partner countries, are launching the sea corridor to deliver large quantities of aid to Gaza, which faces a “humanitarian catastrophe”. In a joint news conference with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, she told reporters that the corridor will open as early as Sunday, …