French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that airdropping humanitarian aid to Gaza is not enough to ease the widespread hunger crisis.

France on Friday started to air-drop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area which it said was slipping into famine. "Faced with the absolute urgency,

The Netherlands will begin participating in international air-droppings of emergency aid over Gaza, the Dutch government confirmed Friday, despite growing concerns from humanitarian groups that the tactic is dangerous and "largely symbolic.