President Joe Biden's administration is considering airdropping aid from US military planes into Gaza as land deliveries become increasingly difficult, a US official said on Wednesday.
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies. Since then, Israel has militarily assaulted Hamas-governed Gaza, killing 30,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry.
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In an interview on Tuesday with the Guardian newspaper, a UN-appointed expert on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, accused Israel of "intentionally depriving people of food" in Gaza, saying this "is clearly a war crime."
Video: 160 packages of food and medical equipment were airdropped into southern Gaza / Credit: X/@idf
Israel's Deputy UN Ambassador Jonathan Miller said on Tuesday Israel is committed to improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that the quantity and pace of aid depended on the capacity of the UN and other agencies.
Axios, which first reported the US was considering airdrops, cited American officials to be saying that aid airdrops will have a limited effect since a military plane can only drop the amount of supplies equivalent to that transported by one or two trucks.
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