Air drop of aid packages landed in ‘dangerous combat zone’published at 10:31 British Summer Time
10:31 BST
Benedict Garman
BBC Verify senior journalist
We’re continuing to track air-dropped aid packages in Gaza – including whether they are landing in areas which are safely accessible.
Over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared videos, external of the resumption of air drops of aid packages into Gaza, which it said contained flour, sugar, and canned food.
But we’ve geolocated video of seven packages falling to the ground, showing them landing nearly 1km (0.6 miles) inside a part of north Gaza the IDF has explicitly declared a “dangerous combat zone” according to its own map, which it shared multiple times yesterday, external and which it had warned Gazans not to enter.
The map was released alongside an announcement about a humanitarian pause in military operations in specific areas. It features areas shaded red and white.
The white areas indicate where military activity is to be suspended during certain hours. However, the Israeli military has explicitly warned people not to return to the areas marked in red, saying it would put their lives at risk.
We asked the IDF why it dropped aid into a “dangerous combat zone” zone. It said it had “no comment on this matter”.