The country involved in Friday's airdrop was not identified.
Several Palestinian civilians were also injured in the airdrop, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza, which called the airdrop "random."Bystander footage of Friday's airdrop showed an aircraft dropping dozens of packages via parachutes, as people ran toward them upon landing.it has cooperated with several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France and the U.S., on airdrops into Gaza.
"Press reports that U.S. air drops resulted in civilian casualties on the ground are false, as we've confirmed that all of our aid bundles landed safely on the ground," Ryder said during a press briefing. “We call for the opening of land crossings to bring in thousands of tons of aid immediately and urgently to prevent the deepening of famine in the Gaza Strip, especially in Gaza City and Northern Gaza,” the Government Media Office in Gaza said in a statement Friday. "Approximately 2,400,000 people in the Gaza Strip suffer greatly from severe shortages of food, water, medicine and shelter, and the famine deepens further as a result of this acute shortage.
He said the aid is a "drop in the bucket" based on the needs. He said a cease-fire is needed in Gaza to ensure aid reaches the areas that are most in need by road, stating that "you can't deliver humanitarian aid if you're being shot at.
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