The Open Arms ship carrying aid for the Gaza Strip has departed from the Cypriot port of Larnaca for the embattled Palestinian coastal area after a long delay, a spokesman for the Cypriot government told dpa on Tuesday. The vessel, which is pulling a platform loaded with some 200 tons of drinking water, medication and food, was originally due to set sail at the weekend. The Open Arms non-governmental organization published a video on X, formerly Twitter, showing the vessel as it was about to leave the harbour. The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the Israeli army and fighters from the Pal…