Israel airdrops supplies to its forces in southern Gaza amid fighting

By Abdelraouf Arnaout

JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Monday it airdropped logistical military supplies to its forces in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip amid fighting with Palestinian fighters.

“During the past few days, a logistical supply operation was carried out, which included dropping about seven tons of logistical supplies for hundreds of soldiers currently fighting in Khan Younis,” the army said in a statement.

“This was the first airdrop operation since the Second Lebanon War" in 2006, the statement said.

Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.

Nearly 18,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 49,200 others injured in the Israeli onslaught, according to health authorities in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli death toll in the Hamas attack stood at 1,200, according to official figures.