Ammon News - The White House is exploring the possibility of airdropping aid from U.S. military planes into Gaza as deliveries by land become increasingly difficult, four U.S. officials told Axios.

The White House only recently started discussing the option of U.S. airdrops, according to a U.S. official, adding that the warming to the idea comes after Jordan conducted several rounds of aid airdrops in Gaza.

The fact the Biden administration is even considering such a move underscores the growing concern within the White House about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, especially in the north where there is a growing threat of starvation, U.S. officials said.

"The situation is really bad. We are unable to get enough aid [in] by truck so we need desperate measures like airdrops," one U.S. official told Axios.

The administration was skeptical of such an idea early in the war, but support for it has been growing, the official said, especially as humanitarian groups struggle to get aid to northern Gaza by land due to the security situation and the Israeli restrictions.

U.S. officials admit that aid airdrops will have a limited effect since a military plane can only drop the amount of supplies equivalent to that transported by one or two trucks.

The officials said that airdrops can offer some help due to the extreme need, but the only way to move aid into Gaza at the scale that is required is by land. That's why increasing access so that hundreds of trucks can enter Gaza daily continues to be the administration's highest priority, the officials added.

After visiting a WFP warehouse in Jordan that is a hub for aid going to Gaza, USAID Administrator Samantha Power, said on Tuesday that the Biden administration will provide an additional $53 million in humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank affected by the conflict.

The White House declined to comment, according to Axios.