Indonesia makes a breakthrough as it airdrops humanitarian aid to Gaza on 80th Independence Day


JAKARTA, Aug 18 (Bernama-ANTARA): The Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) has successfully carried out humanitarian air drops for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, coinciding with the occasion of Indonesia's 80th Independence Anniversary.

"The success will be recorded in our history books and is a special present on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia," Defence Ministry's Defence Information Bureau Chief, Brigadier General Frega Wenas, stated here on Monday, reported ANTARA news agency.

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