At least 5 Palestinians killed in aid airdrop malfunction in NW Gaza
STORY: At least 5 Palestinians killed in aid airdrop malfunction in NW Gaza
SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024
DATELINE: March 9, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:24
LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the aid airdrop
STORYLINE:
At least five Palestinians were killed on Friday and several others wounded in northwestern Gaza when they were hit by airdropped aid boxes with a parachute failing to open, Palestinian sources said.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, said in a statement that the aid was dropped in an unprofessional and unprecedented manner on the heads and houses of residents in the northwest area of Gaza City.
No further details were provided, but eyewitnesses said the aid airdropped by aircraft over Gaza City fell freely without properly opening their parachutes.
Meanwhile, the media office of the Hamas-run government said in a press release that the airdrop operations were "ineffective and not the optimal method," calling for the immediate opening
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