Jordanian C- 130 cargo flights airdropped support to northern , Gaza , on Sunday, the 37th activity of the , Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army , ( JAF ) has carried out to provide assistance by heat into the band since the epidemic of the combat on , October 7.
Two , Royal Jordanian Air Force , flights, joined by four planes from , Egypt, the US,  , France , and , Belgium , took off from King Abdullah II Airbase on Sunday heading for , Gaza, where tens of thousands, especially in the isolated northwest, are said to be suffering much criteria of food products, putting them on point of hunger.
JAF said the tokens on Sunday were the 40th combined emergency humanitarian aid activity it carried out with associates, including the US,  , Egypt, the , UAE, the , UK,  , The Netherlands,  , Belgium,  , France,  , Oman,  , Bahrain , and , Qatar.
In a statement on Sunday, JAF claimed that the tokens were carried out as part of the continuing efforts of , Jordan  to help the boldness of the Palestinians and ease their suffering in the wake of the Israeli occupation of the , Gaza Strip.
JAF reiterated that it will continue sending help to , Gaza , via an air bridge to provide humanitarian and health materials, whether by airlines from , Marka Airport , towards , Egypt ‘s , El Arish International Airport, airdrops on the , Gaza Strip , or land help fleets.
Jordan , is the first country to carry out airdrops of aid over , Gaza , and the sole country of joint operations of air assistance to war- ravaged strip.
At the height of the Israeli war on , Gaza,  , Jordan , airdropped essential medical supplies to its two field hospitals in , Gaza.
Jordan , has established two pivotal field hospitals in , Gaza, the first was inaugurated in 2009, in the aftermath of the Hamas- Israel conflict in 2008, and the second facility was set up in , November 29 , in , Khan Younis, which is the second- largest city in , Gaza.
On , December 25, 2023, Jordanian army, under Royal directives, airdropped humanitarian aid for hundreds of Palestinians trapped inside the , Church of Saint Porphyrius , in the Al Zaytun neighbourhood in the northern , Gaza Strip.
On , February 28, His Majesty , King Abdullah, the Supreme Commander JAF participated in the airdrop operations conducted by , Royal Jordanian Air Force , ( RJAF ) aircraft to deliver food and relief aid to , Gaza.
JAF said in a statement at the time that His Majesty’s participation reaffirms , Jordan ‘s , continued solidarity with the Palestinian people by providing aid through all available means to , Gaza.
Six C130 aircraft were dispatched from , Amman, including three RJAF aircraft and three others from the , United Arab Emirates,  , Egypt, and , France. His Majesty was also present to observe the steps involved in assembling the aid and getting the aircraft ready for their departure from King Abdullah II Airbase.
During a recent meeting with notables from the southern governorate of Maan, the King said that the idea to carry out aid airdrops into , Gaza , came to his mind when he flew over the strip on the way back to , Amman , from , Germany.
The King stated that military attaches from Arab, Islamic, and Western nations were urged to use the spare parachutes that their respective nations possess for the airdrop of aid into Gaza at meetings.
Only Jordanis can do it.
On social media, videos of Gazans receiving Jordanian assistance that RJAF C-130s had dropped into their besieged strip have gone viral.
The most well-known video, however, of a Palestinian boy peering over the murky skies of Gaza while military aircraft were dropping aid into the area, is still the most well-known.
In that video, the Palestinian boy was videotaping planes dropping with parachutes aid packages into Gaza and telling a woman next to him, “Look at the Jordanian planes.” Asked by the woman, who was unseen in the video, “How do you know they are Jordanians?,” he said, “Only Jordanis can do it.. May God bless them?”
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