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5 killed by airdropped Gaza aid package after parachute fails
- The package ‘fell like a rocket’ on a house near the al-Shati refugee camp, a witness says
- The UN has said airdrops and a proposed maritime aid corridor cannot be a substitute for land deliveries, calling for more trucks to be allowed into Gaza
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A medical worker at Gaza’s largest hospital said on Friday a humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory killed five people and wounded 10.
The casualties were taken to Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital, the emergency room’s head nurse, Mohammed al-Sheikh, said.
Sheikh said the deadly airdrop occurred north of the coastal al-Shati refugee camp.
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A witness from the camp said he and his brother followed the parachuted aid in the hope of getting “a bag of flour”.
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“Then, all of a sudden, the parachute didn’t open and fell down like a rocket on the roof of one of the houses,” Mohammed al-Ghoul said.
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