The Royal Jordanian Air Force drops aid into Gaza two days ago (French)

Jordan, America, the UAE, Egypt, France and Belgium carried out airdrops of food aid yesterday, Sunday, into the Gaza Strip.

The US Central Command (Centcom) announced a joint airdrop operation with the Jordanian forces to drop humanitarian aid into the northern Gaza Strip.

Centcom said in a statement that the American C-130 aircraft “dropped more than 11,500 meals, in addition to other food supplies.”

She added that the food supplies were distributed among rice, flour, pasta, and canned food, "providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to the population in Gaza."

In turn, the Jordanian army announced the implementation of 6 airdrops of relief aid north of the Gaza Strip, with the participation of Egypt, the United States, France, and Belgium.

The army said in a statement, "The Jordanian Armed Forces carried out - on Sunday - 6 joint air landings with brotherly and friendly countries."

He added, "The landings targeted a number of sites in the northern Gaza Strip, as part of the international efforts made by the Kingdom to mitigate the effects of the war on the Gaza Strip."

Two C-130 aircraft belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Force participated in the operation, along with Egyptian, American, French and Belgian aircraft, according to the same source.

Relief flights

In turn, the Egyptian army announced in a statement that “elements of the Egyptian Air Force, in cooperation with Jordan and a number of friendly and brotherly countries (which it did not name), carried out a number of relief missions.”

For its part, the UAE announced the implementation of the seventh airdrop of aid into the Gaza Strip as part of a joint operation with Egypt that began on February 29.

In the same context, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that planes carried out an airdrop of humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The reporter added that some of this aid fell into the sea, and that citizens are trying to reach it and retrieve it before the sea swallows it, despite the risks they may be exposed to.

In parallel with the airdrop operations, preparations are being made to begin work on a sea corridor for aid between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip through the construction of a floating dock resembling a temporary port.

But the United Nations and international relief organizations believe that airdrops and sending aid by sea cannot replace the land route.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies