UK airdrops 10 tons of food supplies into Gaza
Britain’s Royal Air Force airdropped more than 10 metric tons of food supplies into Gaza for the first time on Monday, Britain’s defense ministry says in a statement, Reuters reports.
“The aid, which consists of water, rice, cooking oil, flour, tinned goods and baby formula, will support the people of Gaza,” the ministry says.
Grant Shapps authorised the airdrop following an assessed reduction in threat to the military mission and risk to civilians.
The Defence Secretary said: “The UK has already tripled our aid budget to Gaza, but we want to go further in order to reduce human suffering. Today’s airdrop has provided a further way to deliver humanitarian support and I thank the RAF personnel involved in this essential mission, as well as our Jordanian partners for their leadership.
