The Age & Sydney Morning Herald / Reuters, AP | Aamer Madhani | 10 March 2024
How really awful – but the air drops are so little way too late anyway – Mark
Humanitarian airdrops into the Gaza Strip have killed civilians, in the latest tragedy for Palestinians since the war between Hamas and Israel began.
The US military’s Central Command, which oversees the Mideast, issued the statement on X, formerly Twitter, which said: ‘‘We are aware of reports of civilians killed as a result of humanitarian airdrops. We express sympathies to the families of those who were killed. Contrary to some reports, this was not the result of US airdrops.’’
The US didn’t identify the countries involved in the deaths.
The US military airdropped food on Friday from a US C-130, the equivalent of 11,500 meals donated by Jordan, into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Earlier, Palestinian officials said five people were killed and several others injured when the parachutes of airdrops failed to open, and hit people and landed on homes.
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