12 Palestinians drown while trying to retrieve airdrops

Gaza: The dropping of humanitarian goods from the air is just a drop in the ocean and deadly. At the border crossings

Palestinians are drowning trying to reach parcels airdropped into the sea, paramedics say

Planes drop humanitarian aid in Gaza City on March 25, 2024.Yasser Qudaih/Anadolu via Getty ImagesAt least 12 Palestinians drowned trying to reach aid off Gaza's coast, local paramedics said.Footage shows hungry Palestinians rushing toward the airdropped aid that had landed in the sea.Hamas called for an end to airdrops and the reopening of land crossing for humanitarian aid.At least 12 Palestinians drowned off the coast of Gaza while attempting…

Civilians in Gaza are threatened with severe famine. Dropping subsidies from planes isn't going to solve the problem.

Gaza aid airdrops questioned after 18 more die on ground

Even before 18 people were killed when airdrops of aid into Gaza went disastrously wrong on Monday, many had questioned the sense in using planes when food can be delivered far more rapidly by road.With only a trickle of aid getting into the starving north and the United Nations warning of "imminent famine" as it accuses Israel of blocking deliveries, foreign governments have turned to airdrops as "a way to show that they're doing something", sa…

People in Gaza, suffering from mass hunger, are dying in quests to get food

Amid the war in Gaza, a crowd of people went into the Mediterranean Sea this week to try to retrieve boxes of aid from air drops. Gaza authorities say 12 people drowned.

12 Palestinians Drown Trying to Retrieve Airdropped Gaza Aid From Sea

One campaigner called the incident "another deadly example of why airdrops are not the answer to famine in Gaza."