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US to airdrop Gaza aid amid humanitarian crisis

Washington | 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.

The decision 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.

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