UAE completes 60th Gaza aid airdrop as total support exceeds 3,800 tons

The UAE on Saturday carried out its 60th airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. (Emirates News Agency)
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Updated 02 August 2025
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UAE completes 60th Gaza aid airdrop as total support exceeds 3,800 tons

  • Drop came as part of the UAE’s support for Palestinians through its “Operation Birds of Goodness”

GAZA: The UAE on Saturday carried out its 60th airdrop of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the Emirates News Agency reported.

The drop came as part of the UAE’s support for Palestinians through its “Operation Birds of Goodness,” a component of the wider “Operation Chivalrous Knight 3” program of support.

The latest airdrop, conducted in coordination with Jordan and with the participation of France, Germany and Italy, targeted areas inaccessible by land due to field conditions.

Supplies included a range of essential food items and urgent relief materials.

With the latest operation, the total volume of aid delivered by air has now exceeded 3,807 tons.

Separately, the UAE also delivered 22 medical aid trucks to Gaza in coordination with the World Health Organization.

The shipment included medicines and other medical supplies intended to help sustain healthcare services and meet the immediate needs of operational hospitals, WAM reported.

The UAE reiterated its commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and reaffirmed its dedication to humanitarian principles and solidarity with nations facing crisis.


‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

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‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

  • The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there
GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there.
“Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“We need urgent action to preserve the peace agreement and prevent fragmentation and cycles of retaliation that could herald a return to all-out civil war,” he said.