RAF takes part in largest airdrop of aid to Gaza - BBC News

Aircraft from nine countries drop 10 tonnes of aid on the coast of Gaza to mark the end of Ramadan.

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Watch: Fourteen aircraft from nine nations dropped a combined 10 tonnes of aid

It is all over in seconds. The aircraft slows, lifts its nose and 12, perfectly wrapped pallets of humanitarian assistance slide off the open ramp at the back.

One minute ago, 10 tonnes of food and water was there, the next it was floating gently by parachute in the southwesterly breeze, touching down on the northern shores of Gaza.

It seems so simple and straightforward. Yet the delivery of aid by air is anything but simple. And it is far from uncontroversial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68774923

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