At the white house. And this is cnn you. Are in the cnn newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im jessica dean in new york. The us made its first humanitarian aid drops over gaza today, and a joint operation with jordan, us aircraft delivered some 38,000 meals. Us official saying they chose the drop zone based on me believing a large number of people to be sheltering mirror that location at the same time, a senior us official now saying, israel has quote, basically accepted the terms of a Ceasefire Deal to release more hostages how the. Decision falls to hamas to accept the deal for Scylla Alvarez is joining us now, live from washington, priscilla, the white house seems to believe this was a big success. This airdrops of aid today, thats been the resounding message from Senior Administration officials, though, while theyre touting it as a success, they are also cautioning that much more is needed as this dire humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in gaza. Now, as you mentioned, there, there were 38
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Next week hi everyone, thanks for joining me. Im omar jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. We got a lot to get to today. Were going to start with Breaking News. The us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza gaza three c130 hercules cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food, but no water or medical supplies President Biden pledged the aid friday at the white house paid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. Now its nowhere nearly enough and its allies are on the line and childrens lives are on the line, and we wont stand by and but until we get more aid in, i wont stand why we wont let up and were not going to pull out pull out every stop we can get more assistance cnns Priscilla Alvarez is in washington and Paula Hancocks is in abu dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. But i wanna start with you, priscilla, what more are we learning about this . A drop in how it came together .
That operation as describing it as a welcome sign that they can continue similar drops in the days and weeks to come. At the same time, a senior us official now says, israel has quote, basically accepted the terms of a Ceasefire Deal release more hostages, and that its now up to hamas to agree. Theres a lot alvarez joining us now live from washington. Priscilla, whats the white house saying about todays drop . Jessica, theyre describing this as a success, but theyre cautioning that more needs to happen to address this humanitarian crisis in gaza. Now, heres what we know so far this included 66 bundles and was done with the Jordanian Air force. In total, it was 38,000 meals though it did not include water or medical supplies. Now the location was chosen then because us officials assessed it was an area where people were sheltering and in need and after the air jobs happen, they did see that civilians approach the assistance and also began to distribute it. But what Administration Offici