Hamas calls for halt to humanitarian aid drops in Gaza after several deadly accidents

Other means must be found to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The airdrops are again criticized by Hamas. Two people died after another airdrop which led to the collapse of a hangar. The Islamists are demanding an end to this mode of assistance, which has already caused the death of 21 people.

Already almost two months ago, on social networks, we saw images of these black parachutes in the sky of Gaza, launched by the French, the Americans, the Jordanians, and which had caused crowd movements. With jostling on the beach and risky recoveries at sea.

From the beginning, this method of distribution has been criticized. NGOs consider it “a drop of water in an ocean of needs”. A poor response to the restrictions imposed by the Israeli army on the entry of trucks.

But today humanitarian aid is once again destabilized. The two southern gates became inaccessible after the military operation on Rafah. The Israeli post of Kerem Shalom is open according to the army, but security is not guaranteed. The entry of trucks is far to the north, in Erez. This access should be completed within a few days by the American floating port. We would therefore have a reversal of the humanitarian situation, with diversified access to the north and a restriction to the south.