airdrop
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“We have to perform the airdrop as a surprise, so people don’t gather below,” Phille said earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The UK has been involved in previous efforts to airdrop aid into Gaza – a method aid agencies have cautioned is an inefficient way to deliver supplies.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
The airdrop is one of several events organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ambitious military offensive designed to speed up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the war in Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Following the violence, the United States announced plans to build a temporary pier in Gaza to bring in food by sea and joined with other countries to airdrop food into the isolated north.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The closest thing I’d had to human contact since the airdrop, the distant lights triggered a flood of emotion that caught me off guard.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Israel's military said early on Sunday that it had airdropped humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, after also announcing humanitarian corridors for UN aid convoys.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
The United States, France and others have airdropped tens of thousands of military-style meals into Gaza, but those deliveries have fallen far short of the 6.6 million meals that are needed each day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
The U.S. military said that its planes airdropped more than 41,000 “meal equivalents” and 23,000 bottles of water into northern Gaza, the hardest part of the enclave to access.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Air Force cargo planes airdropped 66 pallets over southwest Gaza, according to a U.S. official.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Then adds, “A few years back, I remember hearing about a stranded cruise ship. They airdropped them Spam and Pop-Tarts. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have MoonPies.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The result is that an average food delivery by truck costs $180 per ton, while airdropping is a whopping $16,000 per ton, according to a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The US Air Force has released footage of American cargo planes airdropping humanitarian aid into northern Gaza.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. soon will begin airdropping assistance to Gaza and will look for other ways to get shipments in, “including possibly a marine corridor.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Jordan began airdropping aid in November and has completed more than a dozen missions since, largely to resupply its field hospitals in Gaza.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She told the Associated Press that first responders were using “every tactic imaginable” to contain the blaze, including airdropping fire retardant.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022
