Israel to airdrop food into Gaza
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The Israeli military plans humanitarian corridors and pauses, but continues combat operations in Gaza in its war against Hamas.View on euronews
The Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday it would conduct air drops into Gaza following calls from humanitarian groups about the growing malnutrition.
The Handala was carrying 19 activists, including European politicians, and two Al Jazeera journalists. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Israel announced on Saturday that it will implement a “humanitarian pause” in parts of Gaza in order to allow the surging of aid into the region. In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said the pause,
As starvation rises in Gaza, prompting global outrage, Israel’s military said it would restart airborne aid delivery there and make land deliveries less dangerous.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Handala‘s sponsor, said in a press release that the Handala was intercepted by the Israeli military at 3:43 Central Time in about 40 miles from Gaza.
Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.
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Israel controls almost every part of an aid distribution process plagued by bureaucracy, deadly attacks on civilians seeking food and a bombing campaign that has escalated civil disorder.
July 26 (Reuters) - Israel will resume airdrop aid to Gaza on Saturday night, the Israeli military said, a few days after more than 100 aid agencies warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both claiming it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal.
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