Gaza health authorities said more than 100 Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces while waiting for an aid delivery near Gaza City. Israel said many of the victims had been run over by aid trucks
Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces air drop aid parcels along the Gaza coast, in cooperation with Egypt, Qatar, France and the UAE, on Feb. 27.International humanitarian leaders say the fact that governments are resorting to airdropping much-needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza is evidence of a continuing failure to get supplies to people in need, even as Canada considers joining the effort.
Without the ability to bring aid in overland, Jordan, France and other countries have been dropping supplies from the air. He raised the deadly incident at the aid distribution site. The reason people are swimming to retrieve aid packages and swarming aid trucks is that Israel has made getting supplies to northern Gaza impossible, he said.
“I think in many ways it’s a distraction and a lack of accountability for Israel’s legal obligation to ensure that aid reaches civilians in Gaza,” she said, referencing international law.“Having these airdrops is kind of symbolic and grandiose, but actually it’s degrading for civilian populations, people having to run into the water,” she added.
“There’s no legitimate justification for the existing routes that are there to be blocked or restricted,” he said. He called on
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