Thousands of meals airdropped into Gaza by US military aircraft

On Saturday, military planes dropped food from the sky over Gaza. The food was in big boxes. Authorities reported that two days after over 100 Palestinians were killed in a chaotic clash with Israeli soldiers while trying to take goods from an aid convoy.

Three airplanes from the Air Forces Central dropped 66 packages with around 38,000 meals into Gaza at 8:30 in the morning. According to two officials who didn’t want to be named, the announcement will be made soon.

The airdrop is the first of many that the U. Splans to announce. President Joe Biden spoke on Friday. Jordan will work together with others to give food to Gaza by dropping it from airplanes.

At least 115 Palestinians died and many more were hurt in the attack on Thursday. They were trying to get help when it happened. The Health Ministry in Gaza, which is ruled by Hamas, said this. Israel says a lot of people were killed in a big rush for food aid, and their soldiers fired warning shots when the crowd started to move towards them in a dangerous way.

John Kirby, who speaks for the White House about national security, said on Friday that they are planning to drop supplies from the air to help people in a safe way.

The C-130 cargo plane is a popular military plane used to deliver aid to hard-to-reach areas because it can land in rough environments and carry a lot of cargo.

A C-130 can carry up to 42,000 pounds of cargo. The crew knows how to secure the cargo, which can even include vehicles, onto large pallets that can be safely dropped out of the back of the aircraft.

The Air Force loadmasters put packages on pallets and tie them down with nets in the back of a C-130 airplane. When the plane gets to the right place, the packages are released with a parachute.

The Air Force’s C-130 plane has been used in the past to drop supplies to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, and other places. Every year, it is also used in an event called “Operation Christmas Drop” where it drops toys, supplies, food, and fishing equipment to remote areas in Micronesia and Palau.

The war started on October first. Israel has stopped food, water, medicine, and other things from coming in, but a little bit of aid is allowed to come in from Egypt and Israel.

The United Nations says that 25% of the 2. 3 million people in Gaza might not have enough food to eat. Aid officials say that dropping aid from airplanes is not a good way to give people help, and it should only be done if there are no other options.