Cyprus is offering to be a conduit for the flow of relief supplies by ship directly to Gaza, where United Nations personnel would receive it for eventual distribution. Cyprus government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “saw the initiative in a positive light” during a long telephone conversation Tuesday evening, Oct. 31, with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, reported The Associated Press. Ships would be loaded and vetted at the port of Limassol in Cyprus before sailing directly to Gaza.