Letters to the Editor: US air drops a cover for Gaza failings

One reader says that the US airdropping aid does not make the country any less complicit in the war crimes happening in Gaza, it 'simply compounds the hypocrisy'
Letters to the Editor: US air drops a cover for Gaza failings

Palestinians check destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, yesterday. Picture: Fatima Shbair/AP

Tue, 05 Mar, 2024 - 01:00

The US air drops of aid to starving people in Gaza demonstrate the extent to which Israel is violating international humanitarian law.

Air drops are the last resort in a humanitarian crisis. They are dangerous, expensive, and least likely to reach the people most in need.

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