The parachutes of air-dropped pallets of aid failed, causing the large objects to plummet to the ground in northern Gaza, killing five. The US and several other countries have dropped a token amount of aid onto northern Gaza because Israel is only allowing a trickle of aid to enter the Strip by land.
A witness speaking with Al-Jazeera explained the botched aid drop caused a building to collapse, killing some of the people sheltering inside. “People were waiting for the drops when they noticed they were coming in fast. So a group of people took cover in a construction site,” he said. “One of the packages fell atop the site, causing it to collapse, killing and wounding people inside. I rushed to help the people inside when I realized my cousin was among them. He is now dead.”
Palestinian health officials and an eye witness who spoke with CBS News said that the aid crate killed five people, including two children, on Friday morning in northern Gaza . Multiple videos have also shown pallets of aid that have fallen into the Mediterranean Sea floating on the surface where some appear to tangle and plummet down.
BREAKING: AIRDROP TO GAZA KILLS 5 PALESTINIANS AFTER PARACHUTE FAILS
Who is responsible? pic.twitter.com/z9Yox1WWBB
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) March 8, 2024
Aid groups have criticized the air-dropped aid into Gaza as insufficient. The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council humanitarian group, Jan Egeland, explained earlier this week that “Airdrops are expensive, haphazard, and usually lead to the wrong people getting the aid.”
Gaza-based Journalist Abdel Qader Al Sabbah told CNN that the air drops of aid are “useless” and are causing more chaos. “You are lucky if you even get a hold of these meals… I don’t even bother to go searching for these aid parcels because people are always fighting over them,” he said.
Palestinians say they want Biden to stop sending Israel bombs, not aid. Hassan Maslah, a Palestinian in Khan Younis, described his feelings as he dug through the rubble caused by an Israeli air strike. “All these American weapons are killing our kids, and killing us wherever we go. We don’t need aid from them, we need them to stop the killing, stop the death,” he said.
A Palestinian discussing the shipments on social media lamented that the nutrition information and instructions were in English without an Arabic translation.
It is unclear what country is responsible for the botched aid drop. The US, Jordan, Egypt, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium have coordinated with Israel to drop aid onto the Strip. In addition to the deadly aid drop on Friday morning, some aid shipments have floated far into the Mediterranean Sea, and others have landed in areas controlled by the Israeli military.
Rafah-based journalist Hani Mahmoud explained there was a growing sense in Gaza that even aid is becoming deadly. “This is the tragedy people are experiencing in the north of Gaza.” He continued, “Not only are they confronted with the lack of food and medical supplies, but as they wait for packages of food they are either targeted by the Israeli military or killed by a non-functional parachute.”
Last week, the Israeli military opened fire on Palestinians near an aid shipment. Over 100 Palestinians were killed and about 700 injured.
After October 7, the Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant ordered a complete siege of the Strip. “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” he stated.
President Joe Biden has claimed that he has used America leverage over Israel to get Tel Aviv to allow more aid into the Strip. However, over the past five months, Tel Aviv has reduced aid shipments to Gaza from 500 to under 100 trucks entering the Strip each day.
As the Israeli military operations have decimated Gaza and killed over 30,000 people, an increasing number of 2.3 million Palestinians in the Strip have become dependent on international aid to survive.
A report released by Refugees International on Thursday described the situation in Gaza as “apocalyptic.” “Our research makes clear that conditions inside of Gaza are apocalyptic,” the report said. “After five months of war, Palestinians are struggling to find adequate food, water, shelter, and basic medicine. Famine-level hunger is already widespread and worsening.”
At least 20 people in Gaza have starved to death because of the Israeli blockade of aid. Still, President Biden has refused to use Washington’s significant leverage over Tel Aviv to allow more aid into the Strip.
Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com, news editor of the Libertarian Institute, and co-host of Conflicts of Interest.
The shame had no end …
I’m so pissed off at the mealy mouth bullshit of Biden’s speech and those defending him.
Well said ED!!!
The whole tone of it, celebratory, self-congratulatory, while starving the children and massacring Gaza. Castigating The Supremes, affecting indignation at their impeding abortion on Woman’s Day. The spectacle: feeble old man sunk deeply in such a twisted morass of lies and corruption even the bitterest irony can’t untangle, … fear & loathing in America.
Any shred of legitimacy the US federal government may have once had is gone. They’re nothing more than thugs with guns (and bombs, and drones, and tanks, etc). Respect their capability and willingness to use violence against those who displease the, but don’t respect anything else about them.
F*CKING FUBAR!!!!! First off, the miraculous food that was dropped were MREs out of the U.S. military stock. THEY HAVE TO BE MIXED WITH WATER PRIOR TO BEING WARMED OR EATEN! Which is a cruel joke, seeing as there is no potable water for the Palestinians!! DAMN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, BIBI’S GOVERNMENT AND THE 60% OF THE ISRAELI POPULATION THAT IS ALL IN ON THIS CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!!! We have our own citizens in the U.S. that still refer to the Palestinians as being “terrorists”. Who is a terrorist?
The MREs were probably expired as well.
They still work. I ate many expired MREs in my life. Still have a few in my storage i will eventually eat.
See, they are ‘ Merican made not the sh!t the Kremlin feeds their slave troops.
You know a lot about Kremlin. Were you a PoW in Russia?
One doesn’t have to be a POW in a country to know about it, genius.
In your case, you seem to believe you don’t need to know anything about anything to “know about it”. “Ignorance is strength” seems to be your life principle.
Yes, just like how you assumed my previous avatar photo was a Muslim.
I guess they’re supposed to spit on the powder to make it edible.
For those able to generate saliva.
You forgot to mention the Christian Zionists in this country who fully support the eradication of Palestinians from Israel so that Christ will return and, for whatever reason, bless them for their good work. Doesn’t sound like the Jesus I was taught about, but what do I know?
There are no such a thing as Christian Zionists
Tell that to Pence and Pompeo.
You mean those two who think that Kiev neo-Nazi regime is a beacon of democracy?
You dipsh!t continue repeating Kremlin propaganda.
Im sure you know there are many more neo nazis in your motherland russia. Im sure you know the founder of Wagner was a declared Neo Nazi with tattoos and was a friend of Putin.
Im sure you know wagner is full of neo nazis.
You are so full of it. Hypocrite.
and Biden himself
Depends on how you define Christianity.
If you define it as the religion taught by Jesus, Judaism, then there are certainly quite a few “Christian Zionists.”
And it’s also fairly dominant in the American evangelical Protestant wing of the pagan cult that cribbed the name “Christianity” under the leadership of Saul of Tarsus, aka Paul.
Christianity and Zionism are mutually exclusive. Christianity is about the equality of all people. Zionism is about exceptionalism.
You’re right. But there are plenty of people who call themselves Christians who defiantly don’t adhere to the teachings of Christ.
Officially North Korea is Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. So, because of that we should accept that North Korea is a democratic country? Maybe North Korea is nearer to the democracy than US leadership to Christianity but still it is not quite democratic.
Hey idiot.
Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) are just that. No water is needed unless you want your main meal warm.
You are again talking out of your butt.
No need for water. It’s the whole fcking point of MREs.
And as usual you are here supporting the Palestinians being invaded by Israel while at the same time you support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Fcking Hypocrite.
“No need for water. It’s the whole fcking point of MREs.”
I suppose it water might not be needed NOW. I haven’t eaten an MRE since the 1990s. Back then, some of the entrees were dehydrated and required water to prepare. They also came with instant coffee and instant cocoa mix, both of which required water.
Yes, water is a nice to have.
But you can still eat it without water and get all the calories and nutrients you need.
Water is not a requirement to eat MREs.
If we do not get the effing peace, Israel can kiss my ass, literally and I bloody well mean it.
Peace or not.
Hypocrite
How it is possible that almost a half of Americans are supporting this horror? Unbelievable
A lifetime of propaganda … the older the cohort and the more “news” they watch, the more supportive they are …
I know people are brainwashable but not to such a degree.
They are very very good at it …
https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499
Yes, the corporate mass media is very good at it, still people have their beliefs and their conscience.
It’s a perfect system. Exceptionalism. Read all about it. When you got it, even your $hit doesn’t stink.
For foreign policies, most of US public are born politically dumb… They grow up politically dumb believing main stream media thus wash their brains with BS… They achieve their college degrees, BAs, BSs, Masters, and PHDs while still politically dumb…And then finally they die politically dumb…! The cycle continues…!
Democracy is impossible in a country where most of public is politically dumb.
“Lets finish the job.” I hear that line a lot these days from U.S. politicians in support of Israel doing its genocide. I heard that line used a lot by Genocide Joe last nite in his State of the Union speech. Code for what Genocide Joe is really out to do? I suppose by dropping those “aid” packages on top of starving Palestinians is one way of helping Israel “finish the job.”
They are “finishing the job” while Erdogan and other leaders of Muslim World are sitting and watching. I wonder what their prophet thought about casus belli and jihad. Either the prophet didn’t cared about that or they don’t care about their prophet. It is rather disappointing.
And you are sitting and watching Russia go scorched earth on Ukraine.
Hypocrite.
And religions are all BS.
religions are all BS because none of their holy men actually care
Nonsense. Google his speech and then search on the word “finish”. Guess what he use it only once in his speech. And here is the sentence he used it in: “Studies show that children who go to pre-school are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a 2- or 4-year degree no matter their background. “
In case you weren’t yet sufficiently disgusted, horrified and ashamed.
My God. Just horrible.
Something something they supported Hamas
because they are secret Putin lovers.
Too many think that only 30000 have died in the genocide so far. Don’t be silly.
https://nader.org/2024/03/05/stop-the-worsening-undercount-of-palestinian-casualties-in-gaza/
Agreed. 200,000 is a conservative estimate. Remember, “Hope May Blind!”
Hell of a way to be served your last meal.
Airdrop in Gaza kills 5. Who’s responsible?
Hamas is for starting this war and The idiots that stood under the pallets.
NOT THE US.
Please read carefully and don’t make comments such these again. Be civil and don’t mock the tragedy of others. People didn’t stand under the pallets as you claimed. By the way war didn’t just start on the seventh of October 2023 . The conflict has been going since 1948. Who is responsible pick up for that?
“ A witness speaking with Al-Jazeera explained the botched aid drop caused a building to collapse, killing some of the people sheltering inside. “People were waiting for the drops when they noticed they were coming in fast. So a group of people took cover in a construction site,” they said. “One of the packages fell atop the site, causing it to collapse, killing and wounding people inside. I rushed to help the people inside when I realized my cousin was among them. He is now dead.”
By the way you phrase your comments, turning a lot of people against you and your support for the Ukraine unless that’s exactly what you’re trying to achieve here.
Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China: Gaza is a “disgrace to civilization.”
https://www.moonofalabama.org/
I metaphor for the incompetence of America and senile angry Hitleresq Joey Biden.
There is a collective Biden who is also “Hitleresq”.
he isn’t senile. he has had every single FJB and MAGA frothing at the mouth for his entire term until he got to the SOTU when he opened his mouth and let every body have it.
he has done well for America which had been sabotaged by Trump.
but he is just another uncle sam after all which is why he takes Ukraine and Israel side.
Like dropping bread crumbs to caged animals. I could swear there was a front gate to that strip.
If they drop aid, you hypocrites b!tch about it.
If they dont drop aid, you hypocrites b!tch about it.
It’s the i hate the west syndrome.
I assume when you get lazy to go out and eat, Uber Eats delivers your food from your tiny balcony.
How’d you know that?
You are so smart
A good satirical drawing would be a plane crew with some food parcels and lots of bombs, all with parachutes. One guy asks the other, “Which one do we drop this time?”
Ironically the family members of those killed by U.S. food drops are probably the only ones who can go to an international court later and get compensation. Like some did in Afghanistan. But for the tens of thousands killed by U.S. missiles fired by Israelis, there is no compensation.
Okay, I did math on this. I immediately discounted the possibility that the parachutes were intentionally sabotaged. Nobody can be that evil. Like we know it would be really evil to drop food in the sea away from Palestinian swimmers, dying from starvation. We are also not evil enough to fly Afghanis without seats inside a plane. So the only two possibilities here: 1. The dumb parachutes were made by Putin. 2. The dumb Palestinians don’t know how to avoid falling objects. Go ahead. You can $hit more moral superiority on my face.
…What’s that? …You want me to give them “Humanitarian Aid?” …Okay, then. …I’ll show you! …No Sir. I didn’t mean that. I meant to say, I’ll show them.
Now everytime i see one of those ads on joining the armed forces who go all over the world i will only think of this,
If Biden were serious about providing aid, he could send cargo directly to the Gaza shore. Israel may not have a problem firing on UN vehicles. But they would think twice about firing on US vehicles located in waters that are internationally recognized as belonging to Gaza.
It is obvious that Biden and Netanyahu are just stalling for time to complete their mission. It’s also obvious that Biden wants Americans to see him sending aid, without realizing that it is nowhere near enough.
Someone in the plane screwed up either accidently or intentionally…!
In addition, the drops seems to be in groups not sufficiently and individually spread apart…! Intertwining of parachutes born to happen…!
USA/Israel – bombing with one hand and handing out food with the other.
Quite diabolical.
This reminds me of so many cartoons where a character was accidentally crushed by a falling safe or grand piano. Except the victims in this story did not reappear in the next cel frame.