A humanitarian aid parachute that failed to open led to the death of five people amid an unfolding catastrophe in Gaza.
A humanitarian aid parachute that failed to open led to the death of five people in Gaza on Friday. Humanitarian aid was being airdropped and the failure of some to open up caused the catastrophe. The aid dropped onto starving crowds causing five deaths and injuring several.
The unfortunate incident took place in the north of Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp.
A video that was shared on social media depicted a considerable group of aid packages, which were hung from parachutes and floating through the sky. However, the packages seemed to be getting tangled up, causing one of them to drop much faster than the others, even though its chute was deployed but not fully opened.
The government media office in Gaza confirmed the casualties after the incident occurred on Friday.
