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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
6 countries carry out Gaza aid airdrops
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinians run as a military aircraft drops parcels humanitarian aid in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on August 9, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Aircraft from Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, France, and Italy airdropped 119 pallets of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip today, the IDF says.
Each pallet contains around one ton of food.
Israel re-adopted a policy of allowing aid airdrops on July 26, amid mounting international criticism over the hunger crisis in Gaza. But airdrops are only able to deliver a small fraction of what can come into Gaza by land. They also pose safety risks for the civilians who can be hit by the packages from above.
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