Jordanian authorities held on Tuesday largest humanitarian aid shipment by plane to the Gaza Strip together with the USA, Egypt and Francewith eight launches targeting the enclave, which has been under an Israeli military offensive since the October 7 attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

The Jordanian Armed Forces indicated that these supplies were carried out “together with fraternal and friendly countries” and stated that three C130 Hercules took part in the landing as well as three American aircraft, one Egyptian and one French. “Humanitarian and food assistance was targeted at several locations in north Gazaincluding materials provided by the World Food Program (WFP),” they detailed.

The Jordanian Armed Forces emphasized that these supplies “are part of Jordan’s efforts to send more medical and food aid to residents of the Gaza Strip to mitigate the effects of the war and compensate for the huge shortages of food and medicine resulting from the Israeli war,” before pointing out that “they continue to send aid by air, either on flights from Marka to Al-Arish or by air. supplies to the Sector”.

“Since the start of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, the Jordanian armed forces have carried out 28 shipments by airBye 15 conducted in collaboration with fraternal and friendly countries,” the organization emphasized in a statement published on its website.

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Last week, King Abdullah II of Jordan advocated “double” volume humanitarian aid delivered to the sector during the offensive, and warned about “catastrophic humanitarian situation” in the enclave.

For its part, US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed its participation in these deliveries and noted that its forces and the Jordanian Air Force “conducted a joint airlift of humanitarian aid in northern Gaza at 14:30 (local time) to deliver“necessary assistance to civilians affected by the current conflict”.

“The US C-130 launched over 36,800 food equivalents from the US and Jordan in northern Gaza, An area that is in dire need of assistance, allowing civilians to access this critical assistance,” he said on his social media account X, before insisting that Washington continues to plan for new supplies. “These air transportations are part of ongoing efforts to deliver more aid to GazaThis includes expanding the flow of aid through land corridors,” he concluded.

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The Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip. attacks carried out on October 7 by Hamaswhat do they leave 1200 killed and 240 kidnapped. Gaza authorities have since reported death of more than 30,600 peopleto which they add up to more than 400 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem actions by security forces and attacks carried out by Israeli settlers.

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