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Palestinian mother of three, Amal Abu Assi, unboxed an aid parcel dropped from planes over Gaza, revealing its contents and complaining that they are not enough.&quot;Enough with this humiliation... It is not worth (all of this),&quot; 30-year-old Abu Assi told Reuters.Abu Assi, sitting with her children, held up a can of hummus and asked what could be done with a can of hummus.&quot;Shall I open it and give it to the children like this? It is not healthy. This is not healthy,&quot; she added.A global hunger monitor declared on Tuesday (July 29) that a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, saying that malnutrition rose rapidly in the first half of July with humanitarian access severely restricted.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/7/28/food-arrives-in-gaza-after-israel-pauses-some-fighting-2036">READ: Food arrives in Gaza after Israel pauses some fighting</a></div>Facing mounting international criticism over conditions in Gaza, Israel on Sunday (July 27) announced measures aimed at easing aid flows while U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Monday (July 28) to set up new food centers there, saying many people were starving.In their first airdrop in months, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates parachuted 25 tons of aid into Gaza on Sunday, a Jordanian official said.The boxes shown to Reuters contain about four cans of chickpeas, two cans of tuna, two packs of pasta, one pack of rice, lentils, salt and cooking oil.UNICEF has criticised airdrops as costly and not sufficiently targeted, meaning that those who arrive first will benefit from the aid. It is widely acknowledged that the only way to meet Gaza&#x27;s needs is to send in aid by truck.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US- and Israeli-backed group, said it has distributed over 94 million meals since late May, delivering boxes containing staples like rice, flour, tuna, pasta, beans, biscuits, and cooking oil.However, UNICEF has criticized the GHF packages for lacking sufficient variety and essential nutrients, noting they are primarily targeted at adults.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1753794055962AFP__20250727__67YH4MM__v2__MidRes__TopshotPalestinianIsraelJordanUaeConflictGazaAid.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="People gather as a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. Bashar Taleb, AFP"/>People gather as a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. Bashar Taleb, AFP</div>The IPC report said most of the GHF food items are not ready-to-eat and require water and fuel to cook, which are largely unavailable.U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher has stressed that current aid flows are still a drop in the ocean and that vast amounts of aid are needed to stave off famine. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said around 500-600 trucks are needed per day to prevent more people from starving.Israel said on Sunday it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza, including Al-Mawasi, central Deir al-Balah and Gaza city in the north. It said designated secure routes for convoys delivering food and medicine would be in place between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. Airdrops have also resumed.Since Sunday&#x27;s announcement, over 100 truckloads of aid have been collected and transported into Gaza, according to the U.N.The World Food Program aims to bring in 100 trucks of food per day but noted only 60 trucks entered on Monday. The aid includes wheat to help reopen bakeries and community kitchens that closed in May due to food shortages.Addressing Gaza&#x27;s hunger crisis requires not only a dramatic increase in aid flows, but special treatments that aid agencies say are in very short supply. Normal food can be dangerous for severely malnourished people without prior therapeutic feeding.<div>(Production: Mahmoud Issa, Fadi Shana, Olivia Le Poidevin, Mai Shams El-Din, Yara Abi Nader)</div>

UNICEF has criticised airdrops as costly and not sufficiently targeted, meaning that those who arrive first will benefit from the aid.

UNICEF has criticised airdrops as costly and not sufficiently targeted, meaning that those who arrive first will benefit from the aid.

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Inside an aid package dropped from the sky over Gaza

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Published Jul 29, 2025 09:49 PM PHT

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