‘Duty to Our Brothers and Sisters’: Jordan Air-Drops ‘Urgent Medical Aid’ Into Gaza – News18
Last Updated: November 06, 2023, 06:48 IST
This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza, King Abdullah II said. (Image: King Abdullah II/X)
Fighting raged in Gaza on Sunday for the 30th day since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border and, according to Israeli officials
Jordan’s air force air-dropped vital medical supplies to a field hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, King Abdullah II said early Monday. The Jordanian monarch says the airdrop took place around midnight, with medical supplies and drugs being parachuted to a Jordanian field hospital in Gaza.
“Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza. This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza,” he said on X, formerly Twitter while adding: “We will always be there for our Palestinian brethren.”
Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza. This is our duty to aid our brothers and sisters injured in the war on Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brethren pic.twitter.com/HOWI2VL7hL— عبدالله بن الحسين (@KingAbdullahII) November 5, 2023
The Jordanian airdrop of medical aid into Gaza was coordinated with Israel, The Times of Israel reported, citing The Walla news site. The report cites an unnamed “senior Israeli source.” The airdrop was announced as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken carried out a regional diplomatic tour, holding talks in Amman on Saturday with his counterparts from Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Blinken visited the occupied West Bank, Iraq and Cyprus on Sunday as he continued his whirlwind trip, which has focused on aid for beleaguered civilians in Gaza and preventing attacks by Iran-backed groups on American troops in response to the war in Gaza.
On Sunday, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the military had encircled Gaza City to the north of the strip, effectively splitting the Palestinian territory in two. “Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza”, he said.
Fighting raged in Gaza for a month now since Hamas militants stormed across the Israeli border and, according to Israeli officials, killed more than 1,400 people, and abducted over 240 others. Since then, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip and sent in ground troops, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory saying 9,770 people have been killed.
(With agency inputs)
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