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Saturday, March 9, 2024
CENTCOM denies US carried out humanitarian aid airdrop that killed Gazans
US Central Command releases a statement denying that American humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza caused the deaths of several Palestinians.
“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,” the CENTCOM statement says. “Contrary to some reports, this was not the result of US airdrops.”