King Abdullah II joined crews dropping aid into the devastated Gaza Strip from a Jordanian Air Force plane on Tuesday.
Reuters reported that King Abdullah said humanitarian aid to Gaza must be doubled to prevent a deterioration in a hunger crisis affecting more than two million people in the war-torn territory.
A senior UN aid official has told the Security Council that widespread famine could be “almost inevitable” without action and that at least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – one-quarter of the population – are one step away from famine.
Jordan, which the UN and Western donors have turned into a regional hub for humanitarian supplies to Gaza, has carried flights, along with the French army, to drop food to thousands of displaced people sheltering on the beach in Gaza.
source: AlJazeera
