The Palestinian health authorities confirm that five people died when they were hit by supplies from the air. The packages were dropped off a plane on Friday morning. The parachute on one of them did not deploy as he was supposed to. Video from the city shows people flocking to receive the supplies. One delivery almost fell to the ground in free fall. According to Al Jazeera, two people lost their lives on the spot, while the other three died later in hospital as a result of their injuries. It must have happened north of the al-Shati refugee camp. The USA, Jordan, France and several other countries have dropped food from the air over the war zone. Emergency aid to Gaza from the air. To create an aid corridor This is happening on the same day that the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says that she expects a maritime aid corridor to start up between Cyprus and Gaza before Sunday. Skipa can leave Cyprus as early as Friday, according to the EU president. The UN has warned several times that Gaza’s population is about to starve to death. The need for emergency assistance is great. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden said that he has ordered the US military to establish an emergency aid port outside Gaza. Israel will support the plans, Reuters writes. – Children die of starvation Five months of war in Gaza has led to more than 2 million people being dependent on emergency aid. 2.2 million people in Gaza are now categorized as in food crisis or worse, according to the UN organization in Gaza. Recently, there has been a lot of pressure to get more aid into Gaza. Last week, the USA dragged packages of emergency aid across Gaza. – Children are dying of starvation, said UN coordinator Jamie McGoldrick this week after visiting Gaza. On Saturday, the US dropped the first supplies from the air. Packages with 38,000 meals. The picture from the plane was spread on social media. The aid organization CARE criticized the US for this, and says it is a waste of emergency aid. – The image of airdrops over Gaza gives the impression that the aid is now reaching starving children and women, it does not, said Gudrun Bertinussen, international manager of Care Norway. Bertinussen emphasizes that the aid apparatus in Gaza is broken down.
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