https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-hamas-war-end-gaza-airdrops-urged-after-deaths-4223406
GAZA STRIP: Hamas on Tuesday (Mar 26) urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said that 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north.
Planes from Jordanian, the United States and other countries including Singaporehave airdropped food into Gaza, even as UN officials and aid agencies have warned this falls far short of the dire needs of its 2.4 million people and is far less effective than ensuring overland access.
On Tuesday, Jordanian, Egyptian, Emirati and German planes again airdropped relief goods, with the sight of food packages floating down on parachutes sending Palestinian crowds rushing toward them.
Six people were killed in stampedes and 12 others drowned off the territory's Mediterranean coast, the Hamas government and the Swiss-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.
GAZA STRIP: Hamas on Tuesday (Mar 26) urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said that 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north.
Planes from Jordanian, the United States and other countries including Singaporehave airdropped food into Gaza, even as UN officials and aid agencies have warned this falls far short of the dire needs of its 2.4 million people and is far less effective than ensuring overland access.
On Tuesday, Jordanian, Egyptian, Emirati and German planes again airdropped relief goods, with the sight of food packages floating down on parachutes sending Palestinian crowds rushing toward them.
Six people were killed in stampedes and 12 others drowned off the territory's Mediterranean coast, the Hamas government and the Swiss-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.
