A reporter at the scene and a doctor who confirmed the injuries reported that the parachute of one of the packages did not open and its contents crashed in a residential area, leaving at least 5 people dead and 10 injured.
However, US Department of Defense (Pentagon) Spokesperson General Patrick Ryder, at a press conference held on Friday local time, claimed that the news about the deaths of civilians during the operation to drop food aid to the people of Gaza was not true, and said: All food packages dropped to Gazans by parachute landed safely in the target areas. .
"Press reports that US airstrikes caused civilian deaths are false, as we have confirmed that all our aid packages have landed safely," the official said.
A Pentagon spokesman said this was the fourth logistics operation in which the United States has dropped food pallets by parachute and has dropped 124,000 meals to the people of Gaza so far.
However, CNN reported that at least 5 people died when the parachute of one of the pallets carrying American food aid to the Gaza Strip did not open and its contents fell into a residential area.
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