Tangled parachutes and chaotic crowds: The dangers posed by airdrops in Gaza | World News

Five days before his death from a fallen aid package, Uday al Qaraan, a 32-year-old medic, criticized airdrops in Gaza as humiliating and called for open borders for food. On August 4, during a chaotic airdrop, Uday was crushed by a pallet while rushing to collect aid, highlighting the dangers and inefficacy of the airdrop method, which has seen parachute failures in half of recent deliveries.

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