RAF to drop aid into Gaza as Starmer calls starvation ‘indefensible’
RAF to drop aid into Gaza as Starmer calls starvation ‘indefensible’
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RAF to drop aid into Gaza as Starmer calls starvation ‘indefensible’
RAF to drop aid into Gaza as Starmer calls starvation ‘indefensible’
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The UK is preparing to parachute aid into Gaza to help ease [starvation among Palestinian civilians, including children](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/hunger-killing-us-gaza-worst-phase-yet-3823372?srsltid=AfmBOopcb2ehOlqo3KzFK1B0QUY_R-gg8zfc-WPVXKgAb1KfyJSyxQU3&ico=in-line_link), which has provoked global horror.
Diplomatic sources told *The i Paper* that work is underway between Britain and international allies to start dropping aid from aeroplanes after Israel said deliveries can start on Friday.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is likely to lead British efforts, having previously carried out several parachute drops providing hundreds of tonnes of aid, including ready-to-eat meals, rice, tinned goods, and flour in 2024.
In the spring of that year, RAF A400M aircraft flew from Amman in Jordan, where aid pallets attached to parachutes were loaded onto the planes by British air force and army personnel before being dropped along the northern coastline of Gaza.
It is unclear whether the process will be replicated now, with talks ongoing between allies on how to coordinate aid drops.
Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Israel to “immediately[ lift restrictions on the flow of aid”](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/why-food-gaza-three-key-reasons-explained-3825744?ico=in-line_link) into Gaza.
“The humanitarian catastrophe that we are witnessing in Gaza must end now,” they said in a joint statement following a so-called E3 joint call between the trio.
“The [most basic needs of the civilian population](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/hunger-killing-us-gaza-worst-phase-yet-3823372?ico=in-line_link), including access to water and food, must be met without any further delay.
“Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable.
“We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and urgently allow the UN and humanitarian NGOs to carry out their work in order to take action against starvation.
Didn’t the US try this already?
The issue isn’t getting food in, it’s getting it to the people who need it.
Seems like a good idea as long as we can figure out how it gets into the hands of civilians and not Hamas. I’m guessing the UK has an operating procedure for this and they aren’t just hoping for the best?
why not just the food like leaflets
Did the UK prioritize feeding the Germans in 1943? Doesn’t that mean they did a genocide?
I understand an occupying force being responsible for food. But to expect an army to feed their enemy in the middle of the war is ridiculous and it’s the kind of thing that will lead to no one respecting the Geneva Convention.
If the Geneva Convention is so over protective that anyone following it can’t win a war, then the entire thing goes into irrelevancy and that sucks because it does have good parts.
Airdrops are the least efficient way for food to get into Gaza. Israel allowing it now is only because of the images of starving babies being shown on every news station around Europe. I have to imagine even some non propaganda brained Israelis have to balk at the images they’re seeing by now.
Air drops are a drip feeding of a starved group of people, just enough for the European governments (Brits and Germans specifically) to feel like they’re not complacent in the purposeful starvation of Gaza. But any aid delivered is better than none, so I’m thankful that these governments are waking up and using the stick instead of just the carrot on Israel.
I hate to be that guy but Hamas is gonna try to steal everything again. Just like Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
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