"US Conducts Emergency Airdrop of Humanitarian Aid into Gaza"
TL;DR
The United States conducted a first-ever airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza, with three C-130s dropping a total of 66 bundles of meals for the population. President Joe Biden had pledged to pull out all stops to increase aid flow into the besieged territory and insisted that Israel facilitate more trucks and routes for aid delivery. This move comes amid criticism from aid agencies about the effectiveness of airdrops in addressing the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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