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Jordan and UAE drop aid into Gaza in first airdrop in months, Jordanian source says

AL-Monitor
Jul 27, 2025
An airplane drops humanitarian aid over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip July 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
An airplane drops humanitarian aid over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip July 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas — Dawoud Abu Alkas

(Reuters) -Jordan and the United Arab Emirates parachuted 25 tons of aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday in their first airdrop in months, a Jordanian official source said.

The official said the air drops were not a substitute for delivery by land.

(Reporting by Suleiman Al-KhalidiEditing by Peter Graff)