“As besieged Gaza grows desperate, donors drop aid from the sky”

Text by Sarah Dadouch for The Washington Post

A view of part of the Gaza Strip from a Jordanian air force C-130 delivering aid to Gaza.

Two members of Jordan’s air force walk toward a C-130 at King Abdullah II Air Base that is set to deliver aid to Gaza.

Air force personnel load aid onto a C-130 and give instructions to a forklift operator at King Abdullah II Air Base.

A member of Jordan’s air force inspects the parachute ropes on a crate of aid.

Each C-130 can carry 16 crates of aid, The crates are wrapped in protective plastic and fitted with parachutes and shock-absorbing bases.

Jordanian air force members signal the successful unloading of cargo and completion of the mission delivering aid to Gaza.

A member of the Jordanian Air Force sits after the completion of the mission, while his colleague is stowing equipment on board the C-130 plane delivering aid to Gaza.

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