First aid supplies from Germany were dropped by parachute on Saturday over the embattled Gaza Strip as the German military starts its aid mission there, according to dpa information.
The German Armed Forces or Bundeswehr deployed two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft stationed in France to the region. Each aircraft can transport up to 18 tons of cargo.
The aircraft are flying from Jordan, which initiated the air drops. The United States and France are also taking part in the initiative.
Aid organizations describe the situation of the people in the Gaza Strip as increasingly desperate. The United Nations has said that a hunger crisis is looming in the coastal strip if aid deliveries by truck are not expanded.
About 2.2 million people live in Gaza, with more than 1 million now in the south in and around the city of Rafah after fleeing the war in the northern part of the strip.
