US delivers first aid airdrop in Gaza as more Palestinians killed by Israeli forces

As the war continues in Gaza, the United States says it has delivered its first airdrop of humanitarian aid to the war-torn enclave. About 30,000 meals were dropped from three aircrafts according to US Central Command…

The United States has made its first airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza, distributing more than 30,000 meals from three military aircrafts.

US transport aircraft C-130 dropped more than 38,000 meals along the Gaza coastline, US Central Command said in a statement.

The operation, carried out in collaboration with Jordan’s air force, was the first of several aid deliveries announced by President Joe Biden.

He promised to increase help after at least 112 people were murdered by Israeli forces while waiting to receive aid.

The airdrop comes as a top US official announced that the framework for a six-week truce in Gaza has been agreed upon.

On Saturday, a Biden administration official indicated that Israel had “more or less accepted” a new cease-fire agreement.

Mediators are due to meet again in Cairo on Sunday, and Egyptian officials said delegations from both Hamas and Israel were expected to arrive for the negotiations.

Israel launched retaliatory offensives to destroy Hamas after its gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October and took 253 back to Gaza as hostages.

According to officials in Gaza, more than 30,000 people, including 21,000 children and women, have been killed in the enclave since then with some 7,000 missing and at least 70,450 injured.