Indonesia airdrops aid in Gaza with Jordan's help

Humanitarian aid being airdropped from a Jordanian military aircraft over the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. - AFP

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) cooperated with the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) to directly airdrop aid from the Indonesian people in Gaza, Palestine, on Tuesday (April 9), reported Antara news agency.

Head of the public relations bureau at the Indonesian Ministry of Defence, Military Brigadier General Edwin Adrian Sumantha, said when contacted here on Tuesday that 20 packages of aid comprising food, mineral water, and medicines were airdropped in the operation.