IDF says it coordinated humanitarian airdrops to southern Gaza by several nations

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Illustrative: IDF troops observe aid airdropped to southern Gaza, February 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Illustrative: IDF troops observe aid airdropped to southern Gaza, February 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it coordinated the airdrop of food and medical supplies by several nations to the southern Gaza Strip over the past two days.

Some 160 packages of humanitarian aid were airdropped to 17 locations along the southern coastline of the Gaza Strip, using American, Egyptian, Emirati, French, and Jordanian planes, the IDF says,

Additional packages of food, medical supplies, and fuel were also airdropped to a Jordanian field hospital in Khan Younis, the IDF says.

The IDF says that the airdrop is in addition to trucks of humanitarian aid that enter the Strip daily.

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