at the white house. and this is cnn you. are in the cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i m 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, that s been the resounding message from senior administration officials, though, while they re 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,