The US military reported that an American cargo plane dropped more than 10 metric tons of food rations into northern Gaza on Sunday, after a period of suspension of these shipments due to Israeli operations in the region.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on the “X” website that the airdrop operation via the C-130 plane provided “life-saving humanitarian assistance in northern Gaza.”
The statement explained that the United States has so far airdropped more than 1,050 metric tons of humanitarian aid, in addition to the aid provided through the joint maritime logistics corridor.
Centcom added that the airdrops are part of an ongoing effort, and that subsequent air deliveries are planned.
The residents of Gaza are suffering from a severe shortage of humanitarian aid after 9 months of the devastating Israeli aggression on the Strip, which prompted the United States to deliver it by air and sea as a result of Israel’s delay in allowing its entry by land.
The Pentagon indicated in late May that Israeli operations and weather conditions affected airdrops of aid.
Brad Cooper, Centcom’s deputy commander, also clarified last Friday that operations were “on hold due to kinetic operations in the northern sector,” but stressed that they were expected to resume soon.
Israel has continued its brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip since last October 7, despite the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.
So far, more than 37,000 Palestinians have been martyred and about 84,500 others have been injured, most of them women and children, amid massive destruction and famine that has claimed dozens of lives.