On the tarmac 14 Military Aircraft getting ready for the Largest Coalition air drop since they began last month, a Special Delivery to mark the end of ramadan. Inside, pilots and crews from different nations being briefed on the operation. Safety a key concern in the small airbase airspace over gaza. Each palette contains rice, sugar, beans, baby food, oil and water, flour, the basics for a meal, and this the sixth airdrop from the aria so far. It is the effort that counts, every little count, i am proud and privileged to be involved in this sort of mission. But is it enough . Will it meet the needs of the people in gaza . The aircraft carrying 12 of these pallets, each of them about a tonne, meaning this entire payload is worth about one truck crossing a border on the ground. The aircrews here insist that cumulatively the air drops are beginning to have an impact. This is a sustained effort and weve been here for three weeks now, and we are continually delivering the aid and the peopl
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