Aid Continues to Flow in the Strip: 119 Packages Airdropped in Gaza
Israel and international partners airdropped 119 food packages in Gaza, alongside aid trucks. Despite reports of UN manipulations of the "famine" standard.
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Food aid to the Gaza Strip continues to arrive, with Israel, in cooperation with several countries, conducting airdrops alongside the introduction of overland aid. According to an IDF spokesperson's announcement, yesterday (Tuesday) 119 aid packages were airdropped in the Strip, in addition to dozens of aid trucks that entered through the crossings, according to reports.
The airdrops have been carried out daily in recent weeks, in cooperation with Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, France, and Italy.
However, international aid organizations emphasize that airdrops cannot serve as a substitute for introducing large-scale aid overland. According to the organizations, the airdrop method is "limited in quantity, involves high costs, and even endangers the population, as packages may harm civilians or fall in inaccessible areas."
All this comes after it was revealed that UN organizations completely changed the humanitarian definition of a "famine" situation in a specific area, in a blatant attempt to criminalize Israeli actions contrary to its own criteria.
The IDF has been allowing in hundreds of trucks a day according to its own numbers and multiple videos released from the border crossing. However, according to the UN's own figures, close to 90% of aid trucks have been looted or hijacked by terrorist groups, criminals, or looters, leading to a paltry 10% of aid trucks making it through to international aid stations.
The IDF said that it repeatedly offered to accompany aid trucks or convoys to protect them but that the UN always rebuffed them, preferring instead to rely on Hamas forces, something the IDF considers unacceptable. Despite this, aid continues to flow in increasing amounts to the Gaza Strip.