US EditionIDF Says Seven Countries Coordinate Humanitarian Airdrop for Gaza Residents
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 9 – The Israel Defense Forces coordinated the first humanitarian aid airdrops into Gaza with Greece and Italy amid escalating conflict and a severe hunger crisis affecting millions.
- Saturday, Israel operated a flight from an air base just outside the Jordanian capital Amman, parachuting supplies after allowing countries to airdrop aid into Gaza.
- Facing global condemnation, Israel initiated tactical pauses late last month after an early-March blockade prompted aid drops into Gaza.
- Aid groups report nearly 1,400 killed and more than 4,000 injured while seeking food, with at least 99 deaths from malnutrition this year, as parachute drops reach only a fraction of Gaza’s 2 million people.
- Following the airdrops, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called the plan a `dangerous escalation` that causes harm, while Dr. Umar Burney reported patients crushed by unannounced parachute drops.
- U.N. high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk urged Israel to allow full, unfettered humanitarian aid flow, despite Israel claiming there is no starvation in Gaza almost 22 months after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
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