NICOSIA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus has resumed a humanitarian maritime corridor to Gaza with a vessel carrying 1,200 tons of aid, the Cypriot foreign ministry said Tuesday.

The shipment, departing from the port of Limassol on Monday night under the Amalthea project, will arrive at Israel's southern port of Ashdod before being delivered to Gaza, the ministry said, adding that no additional security checks would be required upon arrival.

According to the ministry, 700 tons of food, mainly for children, originated from Cyprus, while the remaining 500 tons came from Malta and international humanitarian organizations.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides reaffirmed that his country "continues to support the civilian population and act as a humanitarian passage for the international community," the Cyprus Mail reported.

In 2023, Cyprus launched the Amalthea project to provide a maritime corridor for humanitarian aid heading to Gaza, complementing limited land routes.

The project was briefly suspended in April 2024 after several aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, an international food charity, were killed in an Israeli airstrike. Although briefly resumed afterward, the project gradually came to a halt following the removal of a U.S.-built floating pier off Gaza in July 2024. Enditem