'He swam to get food for his children': 12 drown as US drops aid off Gaza

Hamas calls for an end to airdrops, insisting Israel must permit land aid into the besieged enclave following tragic drownings. Parachute faults won't halt US aid airdrops, says Pentagon.Palestinians rush towards the beach to collect aid airdropped by an airplane in the northern part of the besieged Gaza enclave./ Photo: Reuters

Hamas in a statement called for"an immediate end to airdrop operations" and"the immediate and rapid opening of land crossings". Video of the airdrop obtained by Reuters showed crowds of people running towards the beach, in Beit Lahia in north Gaza, as crates with parachutes floated down, then people standing deep in water and bodies being pulled onto the sand.

It was the latest in a string of incidents involving deaths during aid deliveries in Gaza where some people are foraging for weeds to eat and baking barely edible bread from animal feed.A piece of paper retrieved from Monday's airdrop said in Arabic written over an American flag that the aid was from the United States.

Aid agencies say only about a fifth of required supplies are entering Gaza as Israel persists with an air and ground assault that has shattered the enclave, pushing parts of it into starvation already.

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