欧美文化:Jordan sends 4 relief air drops to Gaza

AMMAN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Jordanian Armed Forces announced on Monday that they conducted four air drops to deliver humanitarian aid to the people in the Gaza Strip.

The aid, which includes relief and food items such as high-nutrition ready meals, aims to alleviate the suffering of local residents who have been embroiled in the Israel-Hamas conflict since Oct. 7, 2023, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The supplies were dropped along the coast of the territory from north to south with the aim of delivering them directly to the residents, according to Petra.

The air drops were carried out by four C130 aircraft, one of which belongs to the French Armed Forces, it said.

The air drops come amid the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli attacks, which may lead to a famine in the enclave, Petra reported.

The armed forces stressed their commitment to providing humanitarian aid to Gaza through an air bridge, whether through aid planes from Amman's Marka Military Airport to El-Arish International Airport in Egypt's North Sinai, or through air drop operations to the Gaza Strip.