Middle East: Israel wants to throw off auxiliary deliveries from the air via Gaza

The Israeli military wants to start once again with the dropping of reliefs over the Gaza Strip and enable the delivery of food and medicine through the United Nations via humanitarian corridors. In addition, there could also be fighting breaks in populated areas to enable aid deliveries, the military said in the evening.

The first drop in aid goods from the air should therefore take place at night – but it was only about seven pallets with relief goods, including flour, sugar and canned goods. The campaign was carried out in coordination with international aid organizations, it said.

According to helpers, the delivery over the airway is considered the most expensive and ineffective form of humanitarian aid – also because it is usually about relatively small quantities. Around two million Palestinians live in the Gaza strip, most of which are urgently dependent on help.

Despite violent international criticism, Israel currently gives very little help in the sealed coastal strips. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a fatal hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Numerous other aid organizations also warn against this. Israel denies the risk of a fatal hunger crisis and instead speaks of a Hamas campaign.

The Israeli military also announced that a system for the preparation of drinking water in the Gaza Strip had been connected to the Israeli power grid again. At the same time, the army emphasized that the fighting continued to free all hostages and defeat the Islamist Hamas.