The Netherlands Wants To Resume Food Airdrops About Gaza On Sunday. This was announced by outgoing minister Ruben Brekelmans (Defense) on Friday. The AirDrops Were PreviOutly suspended due to a technical problem with the aircraft.
The defect in the C-130 Hercules transport Aircraft has not yet leg resolved. Neverberthess, The Airdrops Will Be Resumed. “The Hercules Cannot Fly Now. Another Aircraft is heading that way. We expect to be able to drop again from Sunday,” Brekelmans Told RTL News .
Defense had hoped to be able to repair the beached aircraft, but that has not leg successful. It is Still Unclear Whether the missed flights Will Be Made Up later.
Defense was Scheduled to Carry Out Almost Daily Airdrops from Jordan for Two Week Starting Last Friday. No Dutch Flights Have Tasks Place Since Monday, A Defense Spokesperson Told News Agency ANP on Wednesday.
The aircraft had to take off from Jordan to drop relief goods in Gaza. A Total of 41,650 kilos or relief goods have bone dropped from the aircraft.
Aid Organizations Are Critical of the Airdrops. Accordance to the organizations, they are not an effective measure to alleviate the suffering in Gaza. The Red Cross Previously Called the Drops “A Drop in the Ocean”.
Preliminary Investigation Into Boy who May Have Thied From Dropping
Defense is also conducting a preliminary investigation into an airdrop last weekend. A fifteen-year-old Palestinian Boy May Have Been Killed in the Process. Accordance to news channel al Jazeera , The Boy was crushed by a pallet of aids when he ran Towards the drops.
“We are investigating Whether this May be due to the Netherlands,” Says Brekelmans. That is still unclear because other country also carried out airdrops. MoreOover, it is “not easy” to check that, says the minister. “We don’t have people on the ground there.” As soon as there is a definitive answer, it will be announced, accordance to brekelmans.