Jordan, partners airdrop aid into Gaza — JAF
JAF said in a statement that military cargo planes from Jordan, Germany, the UAE, Belgium, France, and Italy participated in the operation.
The operation delivered 75 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to the people in the war-torn Strip, the statement read.
With this operation, the number of airdrop missions carried out solely by the Jordanian Armed Forces has risen to 152. Meanwhile, the total number of airdrops conducted in cooperation with brotherly and friendly countries has reached 325.
Since July 27, JAF said it has delivered a total of around 762 tonnes of essential relief materials and food supplies to Gaza via these airlifts.
Jordan also runs two military field hospitals in Gaza, one in the Strip's north, which was established in 2009 following the war in 2008.
The second was established in Khan Younis in the south in November 2023 at the peak of the Israeli war of aggression on the coastal enclave that erupted on October 7, 2023.
Besides the field hospitals in Gaza, the JAF has established the Jordanian field hospital in Nablus in late November 2023.
Also, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) has launched a daily bakery in southern Gaza, in cooperation with the Jordanian aid campaign, to provide bread to displaced Palestinians amid border closures, acute flour shortages, and soaring food prices.
The organisation said the bakery produces between 35,000 and 40,000 loaves of bread daily, benefiting thousands of displaced families as part of Jordan's broader humanitarian assistance to Gaza by land and air.
Jordan's humanitarian response also includes the 'Restoring Hope' initiative, launched in September 2024 under Royal directives. The programme aims to provide prosthetic limbs to individuals who have lost limbs as a result of the war. It is a collaborative effort involving the Royal Medical Services and JHCO.
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