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SvennoJ on 09 August 2025
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Airdrops continue despite being considered ‘expensive, ineffective’: UNRWA


Palestinians scramble to collect food after a parcel dropped by a military aircraft in Jabalia

The UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) says that airdrops from several countries have continued over Gaza “despite warnings from several international bodies that they are very expensive and ineffective”.

In an update post on X, UNRWA also said that it had not been allowed to bring in any humanitarian aid into Gaza, including medicines and medical supplies, for more than five months.



The countries participating in the air drops are complicit in the genocide and just do it to deflect from their complicity.


At least 23 Palestinians killed by airdropped aid in Gaza since start of war

Gaza’s Government Media Office reports that at least 23 Palestinians have been killed and 124 others injured as a result of airdrops of aid since the start of the war.

It added in a statement that many of the air drops fall in areas under military control of Israel or where Israeli forces have forcibly emptied or destroyed entire neighbourhoods, so people who approach them are exposed to Israeli attacks as well.

The office said some of the packages have also been recorded falling into the sea, and 13 Palestinians drowned while trying to retrieve them.

“We have repeatedly warned of the danger of these inhumane methods and have repeatedly called for the entry of aid through land crossings in a safe and sufficient manner, especially food, infant milk, medicines, and medical supplies.”

Footage shows aid package killing Palestinian child in Gaza

Footage circulating online shows some of the limited packages of aid airdropped over Gaza coming down at high speeds as desperate Palestinians gathered in hopes of finding food.

One clip showed a package hitting a person in the head. Another video, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, documented the first moments after a box fell on a child, identified by local media as Muhannad Zakaria Eid, while he was attempting to receive aid near the Netzarim area in central Gaza.

People could be seen gathering around his body, which was covered in blood, while some tried to provide him with first aid. Local media later showed footage of his body in the morgue of the hospital, with the child’s father grieving and holding him.

Jeez, those things come down fast.