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Aid airdrop kills five people in Gaza after parachute fails

Palestinians run along a street as humanitarian aid is airdropped in Gaza City on March 1, 2024 [File: AFP]

Five people were killed and several injured after a parachute landing a humanitarian airdrop failed to open, bringing a pallet crashing down into a crowd of people waiting for food north of Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp.

The government media office in Gaza confirmed the casualties after the incident on Friday, lambasting the “useless” airdrops as “flashy propaganda rather than a humanitarian service” and calling for food to be allowed through land crossings.

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