Biden to Airdrop Aid to Gaza, Hopes for Cease-Fire by Ramadan
- US ‘will pull out every stop’ to provide help, Biden says
- Violence at food convoy increases pressure on US to step in
A military aircraft drops humanitarian aid over Rafah and Khan Yunis on Feb. 27.
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President Joe Biden announced the US would begin airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza, joining other nations in a bid to relieve increasingly dire conditions wrought by the Israel-Hamas war, and expressed hopes for a temporary pause in the fighting by Ramadan.
The decision to begin airdrops marks a shift that acknowledges current efforts to get supplies into Gaza have fallen short in addressing the humanitarian crisis, and shows how much pressure the president has faced to step up US support for Palestinians.