hello, i m anna foster, live injerusalem. let me take you to the skies above gaza, and these are pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by us central command and jordanian air force. this is the latest airdrop into gaza, which provided meals, more than 11,500 meal equivalents, food like rice, flour, pasta and canned food. we have seen these airdrops starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks also since the us air force got involved. it is still nowhere near meeting the huge need for humanitarian aid in gaza. the amount getting in by road is far less than it was when the war began and we are focusing today on new routes spicy too to try and braid in. this is something the european new routes to bring in aid by c. similarly, the us is building a temporary port of gaza so ships can be unloaded but still no detail of how those supplies when they actually get to gaza will be secured and distributed throughout the strip. even as people look
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win big at the oscars? hello, i m anna foster, live injerusalem. let s look at the latest situation around gaza. you are seeing a moment ago images of a fresh airdrop of aid happening over gaza this morning. we know the us military along with the jordanian air force have been carrying out regular airdrops of aid with their parachutes and the pellets are heading down to the people below who so desperately need them. but there is another option to take aid in now starting to come into play as well, and that is the option of taking aid into gaza by sea. the us army says one of its military support ships has set off from the us, it has set off from the port of virginia and it is heading to gaza to build a temporary port to enable ships to unload aid, but that is expected to take two months before it is in place a temporary pier. and there is this cypriot ship, a spanish ship in cyprus are loaded and waiting for clearance to head towards gaza. this is the latest. there is littl
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