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Added on the 24/04/2024 18:33:37 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Smoke rises as aid is airdropped over Gaza City. Israel and Iran traded threats after Tehran's first-ever direct attack on its arch-foe sharply heightened tensions in a region already on edge after six months of war in Gaza. IMAGES
Military aircrafts parachute food aid into Gaza City, a day after 18 people were killed in stampedes or drowned in the Mediterranean Sea as they were rushing towards aid packages. Hamas has urged an end to the airdrops and called for stepped-up road deliveries instead. The United States said it would keep airdropping humanitarian supplies while also pushing for more overland deliveries. IMAGES
A convoy of UN vehicles carrying medical aid for Al-Ahli hospital arrives in Gaza City. IMAGES
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrive from the south of the Gaza Strip to the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City. Trucks are then seen waiting to pass to the northern Gaza Strip in coordination with the Israeli army. IMAGES
Parachutes with humanitarian aid fall from the sky following an airdrop in Gaza City. Global condemnation flowed on Friday after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a chaotic incident which the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said killed more than 100 people. IMAGES