Umran Ali Javaid bought the ambulance in January and has now received approval of travel and plans to leave Glasgow for the Rafah border next week.
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.
READ MORE: Celtic legend Frank McGarvey's daughter opens up on footballer's final days battling 'forgotten cancer' The masters student in International Tourism and Event Management said: "During war innocent civilians, especially children, need help and the ambulance can transport those that are injured and infants as it is equipped with a neo-natal ventilator."
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.
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