Gaza Tribal Council Slams Airdropped Aid Plans as Dangerous and “Media Stunt”

Gaza Tribal Council Slams Airdropped Aid Plans as Dangerous and “Media Stunt”

News July 25, 2025
Gaza Tribal Council Slams Airdropped Aid Plans as Dangerous and “Media Stunt”
Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Supreme Council of Tribes in Gaza strongly rejected plans to drop aid from the air into the besieged enclave, calling it unsafe and ineffective. In a statement Friday, the Council expressed “deep regret and astonishment” at announcements from several parties planning to conduct airdrops under what it described as humanitarian pretexts. “We completely reject this method,” the statement said, warning that previous aid drops have killed or injured civilians. Some packages landed on people’s heads. Others fell into dangerous zones. “It is enough that bombs rain down on us from the sky,” the statement continued. “We do not need more chaos disguised as aid.” The Council called such efforts a “media stunt” that “does not end hunger” or reflect the real needs on the ground. Earlier today, Haaretz cited a senior Israeli security source who said Israel would permit Jordan and the United Arab Emirates to carry out aid airdrops into Gaza over the next two days. But previous airdrops have proven deadly. Dozens of starved Palestinians drowned or were injured last year after rushing into the sea in northern Gaza to collect food packages that fell in the water instead of on land. On Thursday, The Government Media Office said that the famine death toll has reached 122. At least 83 of the victims were children, mostly infants. According to testimonies, Israel is blocking baby formula and confiscating it from international doctors trying to bring it into Gaza. “This is a systematic starvation campaign,” the statement said, noting that the blockade has continued for 145 days. The office demanded immediate action: the opening of all crossings, urgent delivery of baby formula, and at least 500 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks per day. “Maybe we can save what’s left,” the statement said, “from this live-streamed humanitarian catastrophe.”

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