“We always warn countries carrying out airdrop operations about the danger of incorrect procedures, because some of this aid lands at sea, some lands in the occupied Palestinian territories and some ends up in dangerous areas, putting the lives of starving civilians in extreme danger,” described the statement.
Military aircraft have been dropping humanitarian aid shipments for several weeks, with support from countries including the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Egypt and Jordan.
On March 8, five people were killed and ten injured when aid packages were dropped from planes in Gaza City.
There have been increasing calls for Israel to open more crossing points into the besieged Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations, before the war, at least 500 trucks entered Gaza every day, but currently, there are only around 150.
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Ceasefire negotiations
The leader of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, said in Tehran on Tuesday that the adoption of the first UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip demonstrated the “unprecedented political isolation” of Israel.
