Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for first time in five months

27/11/2024 6:33

        Jordanian military planes dropped aid to northern Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in five months to help relieve the dire humanitarian situation in the enclave, the army said.
        
        Two C-130 planes belonging to the Jordanian air force dropped the cargo, comprising nearly seven tonnes of food and other essential relief, to areas the U.N. agencies identified as most in need, the army said.
        
        "The kingdom is maintaining an air and land corridor as part of its efforts to step up aid," an army source told Reuters.
        
        A U.N. aid official said last week that Gaza aid access had reached a low point, with deliveries to parts of the besieged north of the enclave all but impossible.
        
        Jordan has been air-dropping aid and sending convoys westward overland to the Palestinians in Gaza throughout the war that erupted in October 2023 between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that has been ruling the enclave.