JERUSALEM: Authorities in the Gaza Strip said at least five Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Friday after packages of humanitarian aid that had been airdropped fell on them in Gaza City. The report, put out by the government media office and the Palestinian civil defense force, could not be immediately verified by independent sources, but if confirmed, the deaths would underscore the dangers and difficulties of relying on airdrops to get food to people facing severe hunger in northern Gaza after five months of war.
The military airdropped over 41,000 meals to Gaza on Saturday, in Washington’s fifth operation this month.