ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that it carried out a second airdrop of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip in collaboration with Egypt.
“The second operation to drop humanitarian and relief aid was carried out by Emirati and Egyptian Air Force aircraft over northern Gaza to alleviate the suffering of our Palestinian brothers,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
“A joint team from both countries executed the second drop operation using three aircraft carrying 42 tons of food and medical aid to northern Gaza,” it added.
Since Thursday, Egypt, the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain have been continuing joint operations to airdrop food aid into the war-torn enclave.
