Why air-dropping aid on Gaza is doing more harm than good

Experts say there is no guarantee on where packages end up, they are too few and do not reach those most in need.

Images of US, French and Jordanian planes dropping pallets of aid from high altitude and crates of meals being parachuted into Gaza have garnered a lot of attention in recent days. However, as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorates, questions have been raised on whether air-dropping is the best solution. On Friday, five Palestinians were killed and several wounded after a parachute landing a humanitarian air-drop load failed to open, bringing a pallet crashing down into a crowd of people waiting for food north of Gaza City's Shati refugee camp. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has stated that at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza have died since the start of the war due to dehydration and malnutrition, with several aid organisations warning that the number will grow if urgent action is not taken. The air-drops have come almost five months into Israel's war on Gaza, which has resulted in more than 30,900 dead and over 70,457 wounded in the besieged enclave.

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