At least five people dead in Gaza after airdropped aid lands on them

At least five people have died and 10 others got hurt when aid packages were dropped on them in the Al Shati camp, near Gaza City. This was reported by a journalist at the scene.

Khader Al Zaanoun told the media that he saw the aid packages falling from planes over the Al Shati camp on Friday, but he doesn’t know for sure which country did the air drop.

Muhammad Al-Sheikh, who heads the Emergency Care Department at Al Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, said that five people died in the incident.

Some of the people hurt in the accident and taken to Al Shifa hospital are in very bad condition, says Al-Sheikh.

The media got a video on Friday that shows a problem with an airdrop. The parachute on a pallet doesn’t work properly. The thing on the pallet is falling really fast towards a building in Gaza.

As the plane falls to the ground, bags are also seen falling apart and hitting the ground with loud thuds.

Most of the parachutes opened correctly, but the pallets are still falling fast and could be dangerous for anyone on the ground.

The video was recorded in a place called Al-Suddaniya, close to the northern town of Beit Lahia. People are yelling when the parachutes come down towards the ground.

The United States Several countries have been using airplanes to drop food and supplies into Gaza. The United Nations is warning that many people in Gaza are in danger of not having enough food to eat.

The first United States A delivery happened on Saturday. 38,000 meals were delivered along the Gaza coastline with help from Jordan.

After the U.S announced their plans. Last Friday, aid agencies said President Joe Biden’s help for Gaza was not enough for the number of people who need it.

Richard Gowan, the UN director for the International Crisis Group, said: “People who help others in need always say that dropping supplies from planes might look good in pictures, but it’s not a very good way to actually get the aid to the people who need it. ”

A reporter in northern Gaza told the media that people there are having a hard time getting the aid that was dropped by the U.S Jordan does not have enough food to eat.

Abdel Qader Al Sabbah said to the media that giving aid by dropping it from the air is not helpful. He wants to give things that can be saved and used for many days, instead of just one serving to eat right away.

“You are lucky if you can even get these meals. I don’t even bother to look for the aid parcels because people are always fighting over them,” he said.