Under royal directives: Jordan carries out largest air airdrops on Gaza with international participation
05-03-2024 01:33 PM
Ammon News - In continuation of the Royal directives, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) carried out on Tuesday, 8 joint airdrops with sisterly and friendly countries, the largest since the start of the landing operations until today.
The landing operations included 3 C130 aircraft belonging to the Royal Jordanian Air Force, 3 American aircraft, one Egyptian aircraft, and one French aircraft.
Relief and food aid targeted a number of sites in northern Gaza, while the aid included materials provided by the World Food Program (WFP).
The landing operation comes as part of the ongoing Jordanian efforts to send more medical, relief and food aid to the people in the Gaza Strip, to mitigate the effects of the war and compensate for the severe shortage of food and medicine as a result of the continuing Israeli war on the Strip.
The JAF confirm that they are continuing to send aid via an air bridge, whether through aid planes from Marka Airport towards El-Arish International Airport or through airdrops into the Strip.
The JAF also have carried carried out 28 Jordanian airdrops, 15 of which were carried out by the JAF in cooperation with brotherly and friendly countries, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Strip.