For the second time in two days the Belgian military has carried out an airdrop of aid to Gaza. The announcement that a further 16 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been dropped was announced by the Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken (Flemish nationalist) on the social media platform X.
As we reported earlier, the Belgian military carried a first airdrop of a total of 15 tonnes of aid on Sunday. The airdrop was carried out from an A400M transport plane that flew to Jordain from Melsbroek Military Airport on Friday. The aid consisted of non-perishable basic foodstuffs such as powdered milk, pasta, rice and canned food.
Today’s airdrop is a second in a series that have been planned by the Belgian military during the coming weeks. Mr Francken says that the next airdrop of Belgian aid for Gaza will take place on Wednesday 6 August.