Washington (AP) -American military C -130 cargo aircraft dropped food in straps on Gaza on Saturday, which grew in the early stage of an emergency human aid authorized by the President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians, which grew to draw a aid convoy during an anticipated encounter with Israeli soldiers.
Three aircraft of Air Force Central dropped 66 bundles, with about 38,000 meals in Gaza at 8:30 am (local 3:30 am). Bundles were dropped on the beach along the Mediterranean coast of the region, in the south -west Gaza. The AirDrop was coordinated with the Royal Jordan Air Force, stating that North Gaza had two food aircraft on Saturday and held several rounds in recent months.
The President Joe Biden said in a post on the social media site X on Saturday, “The amount of aid for Gaza is not almost enough and we will continue to get out every stop. Twitter,
The US Central Command stated on X that “the joint operation included the US Air Force and the RJAF C -130 aircraft and the soldiers of the respective army, which were specific in the air distribution of the supply, built bundles and ensured a safe decline of food aid.”
The US AirDrop is expected to be the first of many people.
Three biden administration officials stated that the aircraft prepared military food to eat (MRES)-Shelf-stable food that has one day calories in each seal package-in the places that were thought that it was thought that the citizens would provide the greatest level to get help. Later, the US monitored the sites and, according to the officials, was able to look at the perspective of the citizens and distribute food among themselves, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide additional details that were not made public.
Biden announced on Friday that the US would start to die of hunger after at least 115 Palestinians killed and hundreds and injured in Thursday’s attack, as they used to scramble for help, the Health Ministry said in Hamas-Shasit Gaza.
Hundreds of people ran to bring about 30 trucks to bring a predetermined distribution to help in the north. Palestinians said nearby Israeli soldiers shot in the crowd. Israel said that he fired a warning shot towards the crowd and insisted that many dead were trampled.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday that the aircraft were being planned to provide emergency human assistance to the people on the ground. The United States believes that Aircrafts will help address a critical condition in Gaza, but they are no replacement for trucks that can help more effectively, although Thursday’s events also show risk with ground transport.
Kirby said that Aircrafts have an advantage on trucks as aircraft can take help at a particular place very soon. But in the context of the volume, the aircraft will “be a supplement, not a replacement to move things into the ground.”
The C-130 is widely used to assist at remote places because its atmosphere has the ability to land.
The C-130s may be more airlifted as 42,000 pounds of cargo and its crew knows how to rush the cargo, including sometimes vehicles can also be included, on a large scale on a large scale palette that can be safely dropped from the back of the aircraft.
The Air Force loadmasters secured the bundles on the straps with netting, rigging for the release behind the C -130, and then the crew releases it with a parachute when the aircraft reaches the desired distribution area.
The C-130s of the Air Force have been used to drop humanitarian humanitarian in Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti and other places in the past years and airframes are used in an annual multi-national “Operation Christmas Drop”, which leaves the supply of air toys, supply, non-food and fishing for far-sighted states and leaves the supply of fishing.
Since the war began on 7 October, Israel has stopped the entry of food, water, medicine and other supplies, leaving a hassle of Rafah Crossing and Carem Shalom crossing in Israel from Egypt to south.
The United Nations says that one-fourth of Gaza’s 2.3 million people face starvation. Assistance officials have said that aircraft are not a skilled means of distributing assistance and a solution for the last measure.
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