The US Defense Department says that none of the US humanitarian airdrops into Gaza on Friday resulted in Palestinian civilian casualties as Hamas claims.
“Press reports that US airdrops resulted in civilian casualties on the ground are false, as we’ve confirmed that all of our aid bundles landed safely on the ground,” said Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder at a briefing.
According to a journalist on the scene and a doctor who confirmed the toll, at least five people were killed and 10 others injured when aid fell on them.
A video obtained by CNN on Friday shows how an airdrop into the strip went wrong when the parachute on a pallet of aid apparently malfunctioned. In the video, the pallet and its contents can be seen falling at a high speed toward residential buildings near the Fairouz Towers in western Gaza. As the aid raced toward the ground, free-falling bags came apart in a shower of debris, and can later be seen and heard impacting the ground with loud thuds.
{Matzav.com}
