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12 hungry Palestinians drowned who did not know how to swim, ran to catch food that ended up in the sea

2024-03-27 08:14:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

12 hungry Palestinians drowned who did not know how to swim, ran to catch food

At least 12 Palestinians drowned on the northern Gaza coast near Beit Lahia on Monday while trying to retrieve aid airdropped into the sea, according to local medics.

Footage obtained by CNN shows hundreds of Palestinians rushing towards aid that was dropped from the sky, with some jumping into the water after the packages landed off the coast of Gaza. A graphic scene shows civilians performing CPR on several unresponsive bodies in a desperate attempt to revive them.

Abu Mohammad, who witnessed the incident, told CNN that the aid was thrown far from the shore into the sea, after which several men "who did not know how to swim drowned" while trying to retrieve them.

"There were strong currents and all the parachutes fell into the water. People want to eat and they are hungry,” he said. "I couldn't get anything. The youth can run and get these aids (points), but for us it is a different story. We call for the opening of the crossings in the right way, but these humiliating methods are not acceptable," Abu Mohammad added.

Earlier this month, at least five people were killed and 10 others injured when airdropped aid packages fell on them in Al Shati camp west of Gaza City, according to a journalist at the scene. Human rights groups have repeatedly criticized the flights as an inefficient and degrading way to get aid to Gazans, instead calling on Israeli authorities to lift controls on land crossings into the enclave.

Hamas has called on Western countries to end the delivery of aid to Gaza, warning that the method of humanitarian distribution is "insulting, wrong, inappropriate and useless". Hamas has been critical of the flights from the start, describing them as "useless" and "not the best way to bring aid".

Israel's strict restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip have depleted essential supplies, condemning the entire population of more than 2.2 million people to the risk of starvation, according to a UN-backed report. Humanitarian bodies, including Oxfam and Human Rights Watch, have warned that Israel is "using the starvation of civilians as a weapon of war in Gaza, which is a war crime". Israel insists there is "no limit" to the amount of aid that can enter Gaza, but its inspection regime means relief is barely flowing.

However, a senior US defense official said on Tuesday that there had been a "significant increase" in the amount of aid flowing into Gaza through various crossings, resulting in nearly 200 trucks arriving a day, up from about 100 trucks in day in February.


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