US EditionGermany’s Merz announces Gaza aid airlift, mulls upping ante on Israel
GERMANY, JUL 29 – Germany plans an airlift with Jordan and European partners to deliver vital food and medical aid amid Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis, with 74% of Germans supporting stronger pressure on Israel.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced on July 28, 2025, plans to establish a humanitarian aid airlift to Gaza supported by Jordan.
- This announcement follows an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by a months-long blockade and the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack that triggered ongoing conflict.
- Since the blockade eased, 120 aid trucks entered Gaza during a ten-hour pause in Israeli military operations, while Jordan has parachuted food and aid delivery corridors were established.
- Merz called Israel's decision an "important first step" but said the aid can only provide "very little help" and refused to rule out sanctions to pressure Israel to end humanitarian suffering quickly.
- The airlift and increased aid efforts indicate a growing international push to alleviate Gaza's severe shortages amid calls for a two-state solution and investigations accusing Israel of genocide.
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Two German A400Ms are heading towards Gaza. The effect is zero, fear relief organisations – and demand something else.
Germany wants to alleviate the suffering of the Gazans by delivering aid from the air. How does this work? And what does the air bridge bring?
The UN Secretary-General stressed that food, water, medicine and fuel must flow freely and without obstacles in the coming period.
For a long time, German diplomacy with a view to the Gaza war was characterised by helplessness. This is changing at the moment: Merz is definitely not Scholz. He has forged an alliance with Great Britain and France that can quite influence.
Two aircraft of the Bundeswehr are on their way to Jordan. From there they are supposed to supply the people in the Gaza Strip from the air. However, the aid organization Doctors without Borders doubts the meaningfulness. The AfD sees the neighbouring countries as a duty.
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