It was the latest in a string of incidents involving deaths during aid deliveries.
FILE | Displaced Palestinians wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2024.Twelve people drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel’s military campaign.
In Washington, the Pentagon said three of the 18 bundles of airdropped aid into Gaza on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water but could not confirm if anyone was killed trying to reach the aid. A piece of paper retrieved from Monday’s airdrop said in Arabic written over an American flag that the aid was from the United States.
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