Each plane delivering what one social media user called “Hunger Games Humanitarianism” carries the same amount of food as 1-2 trucks.
The U.S. began airdropping food aid into Gaza City on Saturday. Video of the food deliveries, which have been dispersed through the region via parachutes from planes, have prompted some to compare the visuals to scenes from the “Hunger Games” film franchise. As one person put it on social media, the drops are “very Hunger Games vibes.”
Another tweeted a video from the drop and captioned it, “Hunger Games Humanitarianism.”
The deliveries have been acknowledged as an imperfect solution to a war that has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and many more on the brink of starvation. The current war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 7, when Hamas killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 253 hostage. Israel has responded by pursuing Hamas leaders who Israeli officials have said are hiding in Gaza.
Footage from the time of the drops has rattled people on social media. Many expressed their dismay at the situation and likened it to moments in “Hunger Games” when participants in the Games were delivered life-saving medication and resources to continue their fight.
One person tweeted, “The aid airdrops are very hunger games vibes.”
Another wrote, “Air drops are expensive, delivery is often inaccurate and it creates an unfair struggle for the supplies leaving the vulnerable, elderly and the sick excluded. It’s 21st century Hunger Games.”
And a third said more could be done. He tweeted at Biden, “Did your administration ever stop to think about what it sounds like when you send/ airdrop aid while at the same time NOT stopping the flow of bombs and shells that are killing them? You’re doing the Hunger Games in real life, with 1M+ children stuck inside!”
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