Yesterday, Friday, the French Air Force, in cooperation with the Jordanian Army, carried out the landing of several shipments of humanitarian food and medical aid over the Gaza Strip.
A French presidential official said last Friday that the French and Jordanian air forces dropped 7 tons of urgent humanitarian and medical aid over the Jordanian field hospital, which was established in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The Elysee explained to Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent in Paris that the aid was distributed to all those in need, but the drop-off and distribution point was in the vicinity of the Jordanian field hospital using two aircraft: one belonging to the French army, and the other a C-130 belonging to the Jordanian army.
For his part, the French Ambassador to Jordan, Alexis Lecoeur Grandmaison, said in a statement to Tel Aviv Tribune that his country participated with Jordan in an airdrop of aid containing medical and humanitarian equipment, for the benefit of the Jordanian field hospital and other hospitals.
He pointed out that there is currently coordination with Jordan to receive wounded people from Gaza for treatment in French hospitals.
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is still critical, and that is why France and Jordan provided aid by air to the residents there.
Jordan has previously carried out aid drops into Gaza, but this is the first time that Paris has directly participated in such operations.
The air drops of aid come three months after the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the deaths of more than 22,600 people and about 58,000 wounded.
