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US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation - Boston News, Weather, Sports

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by

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  1. Salon

    US military planning first airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza (opens Salon)

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    US military planning first airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza

  2. Al-Monitor

    US military begins air-dropping aid to Gaza (opens Al-Monitor)

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    American cargo planes air-dropped 38,000 meals into the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, part of a series of drops planned by Washington to help curb a growing humanitarian crisis in the war-racked territory.

  3. NBC 6 South Florida

    US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    U.S. military C-130 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, three U.S. officials said, two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had...

  4. New York Times

    U.S. Makes First Airdrop of Food Into Gaza (opens New York Times)

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    Three U.S. Air Force cargo planes dropped 66 pallets over southwest Gaza with 38,000 ready-to-eat military rations, in a joint mission with Jordan.

  5. NPR

    U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza, but it's a less-than-ideal means of aid delivery (opens NPR)

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    The U.S. military on Saturday began dropping food over the war-torn enclave. Costly and inefficient, delivering humanitarian aid by air is no substitute for delivering it by land, aid groups say.

  6. PBS NewsHour

    About 38,000 meals airdropped into Gaza by U.S. military in humanitarian aid operation (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Is…

  7. Voice of America

    US Airdrops 35,000 Meals and Aid Into Gaza (opens Voice of America)

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    This is the first round of humanitarian air deliveries into the enclave, say US officials

  8. The Guardian

    US aircraft carry out airdrops of aid to Gaza with 38,000 meals (opens The Guardian)

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    Three C-130 aircraft dropped a total of 66 bundles of aid to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel

  9. Portland Press Herald

    U.S. military airdrops thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency aid operation (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The airdrops will help address the dire situation in Gaza, but they are no replacement for trucks, which can transport far more aid more effectively.

  10. WHDH Boston

    US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by

  11. Al Jazeera

    US airdrops food into Gaza in move criticised by aid groups (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US plan has been criticised as inefficient while Israel continues blocking most aid trucks from entering Gaza by land.

  12. Deutsche Welle

    Israel-Hamas war: US airdrops food into Gaza – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    US military planes dropped some 38,000 meals into the war-torn strip. Giorgia Meloni meanwhile told Joe Biden, who is visiting Rome, that Italy "fully" supported mediation efforts to end the fighting. DW has more

  13. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance program authorized by President Biden.

  14. WSVN Miami

    US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by

  15. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    WASHINGTON -- U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic enc…

  16. Green Field Reporter

    US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic…

  17. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    U.S. military airdrops thousands of meals into Gaza (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    The United Nations says one-quarter of Gaza’s 2.3 million people face starvation.

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