Al-Sadr launches donation campaign for Gaza in Iraq’s Babil
Shafaq News – Babil
On Friday, a province-wide donation drive for Gaza began in Babil under the direction of Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM) leader Muqtada al-Sadr, a local representative told Shafaq News.
Laith Sarhan, head of the Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous (Solid Structure)
Committee, said that 20 collection centers have been set up across the
province to receive donations.
Haider al-Ansari, one of the clerics overseeing the effort,
said every Friday Muslim prayer venue includes multiple collection points to
ensure smooth and transparent operations.
Aid agencies report that Gaza is facing a deepening humanitarian catastrophe: around 1.9 million people — nearly nine out of ten residents — have been displaced, while the UN Food Security classification says over half a million are now in “catastrophic” conditions of food shortage and famine.
In Iraq, al-Sadr’s movement is boycotting the November 11 parliamentary elections. His bloc won the most seats at 73 in 2021, but withdrew after failing to form a government, then launched PSM in 2024 as part of his political reorganization.
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