By Quds News Network
Gaza (Quds News Network)- A Palestinian child was tragically killed on Thursday when an airdropped aid box fell directly on him in southern Gaza. Several aid organizations have warned that airdrops in Gaza are inefficient and can kill starving civilians.
Saed Abu Younis was killed while trying to retrieve airdropped aid in Khan Younis, medical sources at the Nasser Hospital confirmed.
Days ago, a nurse was also killed after an aid box fell on him directly.
Aid groups criticise the strategy as inefficient and incapable of providing the level of food and other resources needed by Palestinians in Gaza.
The falling crates also present a risk of death or injury for Palestinians who cannot move out of their way in time.
In October 2024, Sami Mahmoud Ayyad, aged three, was killed when a parachute on an aid crate malfunctioned and fell on his tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza.
The World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain on Wednesday said the world cannot just continue to carry out food airdrops into Gaza given the scale of hunger because of Israel’s siege.
“We can’t airdrop our way out of an unfolding famine. Not in Gaza,” she wrote on X.
“500,000 people are starving TODAY. The only way to get food to them, at scale, is by land,” she added.
“We’re grateful for the support, but we can’t afford to wait—Gaza is out of food and out of time”.
7 August 2025
Source: countercurrents.org