The White House is exploring the possibility of airdropping aid from U.S. military planes into Gaza as deliveries by land become increasingly difficult, four U.S. officials said.
The fact the Biden administration is even considering such a move underscores the growing concern within the White House about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, especially in the north where there is a growing threat of starvation, U.S. officials said.
"The situation is really bad.
We are unable to get enough aid [in] by truck so we need desperate measures like airdrops," one U.S. official said.
The administration was skeptical of such an idea early in the war, but support for it has been growing, the official said, especially as humanitarian groups struggle to get aid to northern Gaza by land due to the security situation and the Israeli restrictions.
The warming to the idea comes after Jordan conducted several rounds of aid airdrops in Gaza.
Its most recent drops were done with the cooperation of Egypt and France.
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How do you feel about using military planes to deliver humanitarian aid in conflict zones?
@9KJYKN7 2yrs2Y
Oh yes, definitely. Us Americans are already very advantaged, and it would not hurt to use our already strong and unstoppable military to do something as simple to deliver humanitarian aid. Humanity should work together, we should unite, we should help each other. Leaving others in the dust and dark just because "it will bother you" to help them is not right. Stating that it puts the lives of Americans in jeopardy is not right either. Again, we are all human beings, we must work together. What all happened to the "Arsenal of Democracy," and the "World Police." We are the strongest and most privileged country in the world, and it would be right to work only for the greater good of humanity, never for ourselves; to go down in history as something great, and to create a world for all.
@9KG6LFG2yrs2Y
Humanitarian intervention can, in fact, take a variety of forms: material assistance (through relief aid), sanctions (coercive, non-military pressure to end abusive practices) and, finally, the dispatch of military forces to remedy a human disaster.
@9KG6LFG2yrs2Y
Humanitarian intervention can, in fact, take a variety of forms: material assistance (through relief aid), sanctions (coercive, non-military pressure to end abusive practices) and, finally, the dispatch of military forces to remedy a human disaster.
@9KG3SZ32yrs2Y
Puts our Americans in more danger .
@CivilRightsOctopusGreen2yrs2Y
People in Gaza are starving, and any aid can feel like a lifeline to hold on to - but airdrops are not the answer. They are a chaotic and potentially dangerous fig leaf in the face of starvation and desperation. Full unfettered humanitarian access is needed now to save lives.
Logistics, expert weighs in! Oh, hold on, you’re not a logistics expert, and we should ignore you.
@CivilRightsOctopusGreen2yrs2Y
There is a serious point that you may be missing, which is that airdrops are extremely dangerous to those on the ground and they only have the capacity of a couple of truckloads per drop. There are far better ways to deliver aid.
I understand that. But the aid is actually not getting in. The us has conducted mass airdrops in the past. In Berlin for instance. And in this case the US can control the skies because in practice the idf is the only conventional military operating there.
@CivilRightsOctopusGreen2yrs2Y
We landed planes in Berlin and dared the Russians to stop us. Biden simply doesn't have the integrity or the backbone to stand up to Netanyahu, Smotrich, Ben Gvir, or the material sponsors of terrorism in the US who support them, and him.
The fact that you are against the airdrops is extraordinarily revealing.
@W3lfarePatDemocrat2yrs2Y
They’re starving…but don’t provide aide like that!
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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