Critics lament ‘symbolic’ move as US makes first Gaza aid airdrop • FRANCE 24 English

Over the Skies of Southwest Gaza parachutes float down from a fleet of cargo planes a joint effort by the US Military and the Jordanian Air Force to drop Aid containing some 38,000 meals along the enclaves Coastline this is the aid they dropping it’s better to send Aid via ground deliveries than airdropping by

Parachutes these air drops are not enough for one family this is nothing like many on the ground who deem it insufficient critics of the operation say it’s only a drop in the bucket for the massive needs in The Enclave with Aid organizations slamming the move as inefficient and largely symbolic the UN

Says more than half a million people in Gaza a quarter of the territory’s population are just a step away from famine with children already dying of starvation people are so desperate for food for fresh water for any supplies that they risk their lives in getting any food any supplies to support their

Children to support themselves the move from Washington comes after more than a 100 Palestinians were killed on Thursday as they scrambled for Aid local authorities blame the idea for firing on crowds while Israel insists many of the Dead were trampled the desperation of starving gazin has only been growing

Since Israel bar the entry of food water medicine and other supplies into the territory except for a trickle of Aid entering through the southern border with Egypt

The United States on Saturday carried out the first of what it said would be a series of humanitarian airdrops of food into Gaza as aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in the Palestinian enclave. The White House has said the airdrops would be a sustained effort and that Israel supports them. But critics say airdrops are far less effective than aid deliveries by truck, and that it is nearly impossible to ensure supplies do not end up with militants.

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27 comments

  5. In 2023 an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be attributed to preventable causes. A third of all these deaths are in the neonatal period. 0:26

  8. An expert bluntly said that the start of airdrops of aid now is precisely a sign of the weakness and incompetence of the United States, which shows that the United States is unwilling to confront Israel and that the United States cannot persuade Israel to allow the provision of aid to Gaza through ground channels.

  14. From these videos we can all see these Gazans are very healthy and somewhat overweight. You know their situation isn’t dire when they complain about what the food being provided. The starving narrative seems to be just more blatant lies. Send them pork.

  17. France 24 must improve its English. The correct spelling in the headline is not "s-y-m-b-o-l-i-c" , it is "C.Y.N.I.C.A.L".

  18. Lol. Yes, beg for food, then when food is sent, complain about it and vilify the people who sent it. So predictable.

  21. Israel just targeted another Aid truck with Civilians surrounding it, couple hours ago, is as iff they are using the trucks as bait to group easy targets..

  24. Desperate for any supplies but critical of drops. How's those ground operations working? Yes people are Desperate but there is no magic wand and complaining isn't helping. Try coming up with solutions.

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