US Military Completes First Round of Food Airdrops Into Southern Gaza

The operation is the first of many upcoming rounds of emergency humanitarian aid authorized by President Joe Biden.
US Military Completes First Round of Food Airdrops Into Southern Gaza
Palestinians run toward parachutes attached to food parcels, air-dropped from U.S. aircrafts, on a beach in the Gaza Strip on March 2, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The U.S. military on March 2 began dropping meal bundles over the Gaza Strip, the besieged enclave where supply trucks have been overwhelmed and looted.

Three C-130 cargo planes dropped a total of 66 pallets containing about 38,000 ready-to-eat meals over Gaza, in the first of many upcoming rounds of emergency humanitarian aid authorized by President Joe Biden, a senior administration official said in a press call on the morning of March 2.