| Topic: | Re:Pope calls for an immediate end to the barbarity in Palestine. | |
| Posted by: | Gerry Boyce | |
| Date/Time: | 25/07/25 14:59:00 |
| Israel has said it could allow foreign countries to airdrop aid into Gaza, where local health officials are reporting increasing numbers of deaths from starvation. When such airdrops happened in 2024 after the UN said Gaza's population was on the brink of famine, humanitarian organisations said this method of delivery could not meet the soaring needs. The BBC travelled on an RAF plane dropping 10 tonnes of food and water into Gaza - less than a single truck would carry across a border on the ground. The airdrops have also had unintended - and sometimes deadly - consequences. Some airdropped crates were blown over the sea as they parachuted down, and Palestinians drowned trying to get to them. Other people were killed or injured by crates falling from the sky when parachutes failed. |