Jakarta –
A medical officer at the largest hospital in Gaza said that humanitarian aid dropped from the air into the Palestinian territories had killed five people and injured 10 others.
Reported by the news agency AFPSaturday (9/3/2024), the victims were taken to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the head of the emergency room nurse, Mohammed al-Sheikh, told AFP.
Sheikh said the deadly incident occurred north of the Al-Shati refugee camp.
A witness from the camp told AFP that he and his brother followed the aid tied to parachute cords in the hope of getting a bag of flour.
Then suddenly the parachute didn’t open and it fell like a rocket on the roof of one of the houses, said Mohammed al-Ghoul.
“Ten minutes later I saw people moving three martyrs and other injured people, who were living under the roof of the house where the aid packages fell,” the 50-year-old told AFP.
The United States and Jordan were among the countries dropping aid by airdropping it in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people face dire conditions after more than five months of war between Israel and Hamas.
A Jordanian military source told AFP that the kingdom was not involved in the fatal incident on Friday (8/3) local time.
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2024-03-09 04:28:01
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