Five Dead, Multiple Injured as Parachute Fails to Deploy in Humanitarian Airdrop in Gaza
Credit: US Command Center
A humanitarian airdrop turned tragic when five civilians, including two young boys, were killed in the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza on Friday. Reports indicate a failure in the parachute system of one of the parcels resulted in the fatal accident.
The fatal accident was confirmed by various sources, including unnamed officials from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, who were cited by CBS. The casualty figures were further corroborated by Muhammad Al-Sheikh, the Head of Emergency Care Department at Al Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, indicating the severity of the mishap.
CNN reported that alongside the tragic loss of life, there were ten other individuals, aged between 30 and 50 years,
