Airdrops Of Emergency Food Supplies, Other Aid Must Begin Immediately: Starving Gaza Residents Swarm Aid Truck Resulting In Many Tragic Civilian Deaths

Sanders Calls on U.S. to Immediately Begin Massive Airdrop of Lifesaving Supplies and Demands Netanyahu Open Border to Allow Aid Into Gaza

Editor’s note: According to an article by Politico (among several other sources) released on March 1st, “The U.S. military will be conducting airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza in the coming days amid tense negotiations for a pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, President Joe Biden announced on Friday.” 

According to The Times Of Israel, Biden said before his meeting with Italian President Giorgia Meloni on Friday, “The United States will do more, and in the coming days, we are going to join with our friends from Jordan and others to provide airdrops of supplies into [Gaza] and seek to open up other avenues into [Gaza], including the possibility of a marine corridor delivering large amounts of humanitarian assistance.”

Senator Bernie Sanders issued the following statement following the swarming of the food aid truck which resulted in the deaths of almost 100 civilians.  

WASHINGTON, March 1 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today issued the following statement calling on the United States to immediately begin a massive humanitarian airdrop of lifesaving supplies to the people of Gaza, who are on the verge of starvation and dehydration, and demanded that Israel open the borders to allow humanitarian aid in to Gaza:

The United States, which has helped fund the Israeli military for years, cannot sit back and allow hundreds of thousands of innocent children to starve to death. As a result of Israeli bombing and restrictions on humanitarian aid, the people of Gaza are facing an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. Whether Netanyahu’s right-wing government likes it or not, the United States must immediately begin to airdrop food, water, and other lifesaving supplies into Gaza.

But while an airdrop will buy time and save lives, there is no substitute for sustained ground deliveries of what is needed to sustain life in Gaza. Israel MUST open the borders and allow the United Nations to deliver supplies in sufficient quantities. The United States should make clear that failure to do so immediately will lead to a fundamental break in the U.S. – Israeli relationship and the immediate halt of all military aid.

Banner Image: Free Palestine protest in May of 2021. Image Credit –  Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona

Senator Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders is serving his third term in the U.S. Senate after winning re-election in 2018. His previous 16 years in the House of Representatives make him the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history.