At least five people were reportedly killed at a Palestinian refugee camp after a large pallet of aid packages dropped on them in Gaza.
Journalist Khader Al Zaanoun told CNN that he witnessed the packages falling from the sky over the Al Shati refugee camp on Friday. Muhammad Al-Sheikh, the head of emergency care for Gaza City’s Al Shifa Medical Complex later said that five people were confirmed dead. Newsweek has not independently confirmed the incident.
CNN reported that a video shows a parachute malfunctioning before the pallet dropped at “a high speed towards a residential building.” It was unclear which nation was responsible, with the U.S. and other countries recently ramping up efforts to distribute humanitarian aid via airdrops over the war-torn territory.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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