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Jordan's King Abdullah says Gaza aid must be doubled to avert catastrophe [NSTTV]

By Reuters - February 28, 2024 @ 4:46am

AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah, who participated in an air drop of aid to Gaza, said on Tuesday that food and aid to the war-torn enclave must be doubled to avert worsening an already "catastrophic humanitarian situation".

The monarch was quoted by state media as telling visiting USAID chief Samantha Power that the international community had to put more pressure on Israel to ease restrictions on the flow of food into the territory.

Jordan is urging its Western allies to lobby Israel to increase aid coming from the kingdom via Kerem Shalom on the border of Egypt, Israel and Gaza, beyond the existing Rafah crossing, officials say.

"His Majesty stressed the need to open land crossings and expand air drops to help the people of Gaza and especially in northern Gaza," the monarch was quoted as telling Power.

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The flow of aid entering Gaza from Egypt has declined dramatically in the past few weeks, but Israel has said it is not blocking aid and blames the United Nations and the Palestinian side for any delays.

Later the king went on board a Jordanian military plane to take part in a joint operation coordinated with several countries' air forces to drop tonnes of food parcels along the Gaza coast for a second day.

Three Jordanian C-130 military transport aircraft joined four other planes from Egypt, Qatar, France and the UAE, in the biggest air drop operation so far to Gaza, the army said.

A palace statement said the monarch was also at the airport before the planes took off to check that humanitarian supplies were ready and preparations were completed.

It was the first time the royal court formally announced the monarch had joined such a mission to Gaza after an earlier secret one earlier this month was leaked days after by local media.

The waterproof parcels of ready-made meals were parachuted over several locations along the coast where hundreds of desperate people rushed to collect them.

Jordan, which the UN and Western donors have turned into a regional hub for humanitarian supplies to Gaza, on Monday for the first time carried out four flights, along with the French army, to drop food to thousands of displaced people sheltering on the beach.

Previous air drops that parachuted in medicines and humanitarian provisions were sent to hospitals that the Jordanian army runs in Gaza. — REUTERS

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A handout picture obtained from the Jordan Public Security's facebook page on February 27, 2024 shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (Left) on board a military aircraft during an operation to drop humanitarian aid over the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. - (Photo by Jordan Public Security / AFP)
A handout picture obtained from the Jordan Public Security's facebook page on February 27, 2024 shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (Left) on board a military aircraft during an operation to drop humanitarian aid over the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. - (Photo by Jordan Public Security / AFP)
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King Abdullah II of Jordan joined as the country's military led a second day of aid airdrops into Gaza on Feb. 27, to help address a growing food crisis.


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Countries such as Jordan have airdropped aid on Gaza in a desperate bid to ensure at least some Palestinians have access to food.
King Abdullah  boarded a Jordanian military plane to take part in a joint operation coordinated with several countries' air forces to drop tons of food parcels along the Gaza coast.
Three Jordanian C-130 military transport aircraft joined four other planes from Egypt, Qatar, France and the UAE, in the biggest airdrop operation so far to Gaza, the army said.
Aid agencies say this is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of Gaza's besieged population.
Previous air drops that parachuted in medicines and humanitarian provisions were sent to hospitals that the Jordanian army runs in Gaza.

Jordan’s Queen Rania makes impassioned plea for Gaza ceasefire at Qatar Web Summit
The Jordanian royal made the renewed calls for a ceasefire as husband King Abdullah was seen aiding in providing Gaza humanitarian aid.

The New Arab Staff
29 February, 2024

"The people of Gaza have never been more connected – yet never more isolated. Cut off from food, water, medicine, fuel, and everything required to sustain human life, they have continued to reach for their phones… to reach for us, " she said. 

"This new generation of citizen journalists is being credited with ‘humanizing’ the people of Gaza," Queen Rania said. "The tragedy is Palestinians have been human all along – it had just been simpler to believe otherwise." 

Queen Rania again called for "a cease to the destruction… A cease to the displacement… A cease to the deprivation by design" with 30,000 Israelis now being killed in the five-month Israeli offensive.

She said critical steps must be taken to prevent the death toll from rising more rapidly, including access to urgently-needed humanitarian aid as people resort of eating animal and bird feed. 

"The people of Gaza have never been more connected – yet never more isolated," she said.

"Cut off from food, water, medicine, fuel, and everything required to sustain human life, they have continued to reach for their phones… to reach for us.

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Countries such as Jordan have airdropped aid on Gaza in a desperate bid to ensure at least some Palestinians have access to food.

King Abdullah  boarded a Jordanian military plane to take part in a joint operation coordinated with several countries' air forces to drop tons of food parcels along the Gaza coast.

Three Jordanian C-130 military transport aircraft joined four other planes from Egypt, Qatar, France and the UAE, in the biggest airdrop operation so far to Gaza, the army said.

Aid agencies say this is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of Gaza's besieged population.

Previous air drops that parachuted in medicines and humanitarian provisions were sent to hospitals that the Jordanian army runs in Gaza.

UN humanitarian agency OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said on Tuesday that Israeli forces are "systematically" blocking access to people in Gaza, complicating the task of delivering aid in what has become a lawless war zone.

All planned aid convoys into the north have been denied by Israeli authorities in recent weeks, the last allowed on 23 January, according to the World Health Organization.

Even convoys cleared in advance with Israeli authorities have been blocked or come under fire.

Early Thursday, over 100 people were massacred in an Israeli attack on a north Gaza aid queue.

Multiple agencies also contributed to this report.


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