Palestinians in Zawaida run toward air-dropped food aid

Описание: (31 Jul 2025)
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Zawaida, central Gaza Strip - 31 July 2025
1. Plane dropping aid over Zawaida, central of Gaza Strip
2. Aid dropping, people running toward aid
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed al-Mubasher, from Zawaida:
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"I have been waiting for aid since the morning as I don’t have food at home and my children don’t have food so I came here. This is complete humiliation. We die just so we can obtain a bag of rice or a kilo of flour for our children. For God’s sake, we call upon all nations in the world, especially European countries before calling for Arab nations to please open crossings because we want to feed our children. We want nothing more."
4. Various of people fighting to get aid
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Eslam al-Telbany, displaced from Jabaliya:
"I went and my children prayed that I’d return with food. They’ve haven't eaten or drank anything for two days. This breaks me, the fact that they’re waiting for me to feed them."
6. Various of people fighting to get aid
STORYLINE:
Scores of Palestinians in Zawaida ran toward airdropped-food aid on Thursday, with some describing the “complete humiliation" of having to fight over scraps from the dropped parcels.

Eslam al- Telbany, a displaced woman from Jabalia, said she was carrying a bottle of cooking oil and a sack of flour when she was attacked and bitten, ultimately dropping the items and returning home without aid.

“I went and my children prayed that I’d return with food. They haven't eaten or drank anything for two days. This breaks me, the fact that they’re waiting for me to feed them,” she said as she wept.

Ahmed al-Khatib said someone stole a bag of flour from him, and he broke a tooth in the struggle.

At least 91 Palestinians were killed and more than 600 wounded while attempting to get aid in the past 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. This includes 54 people killed while awaiting food in northern Gaza near the Zikim crossing on Wednesday, the ministry said.

Scores of people screamed as aid fell from the sky, rushing toward areas in which it dropped.

Dozens pushed and fought each other, desperate to grab whatever they could from the air-dropped parcels.

"We die just so we can obtain a bag of rice or a kilo of flour for our children,” said Ahmed al-Mubasher, calling for nations around the world to exert pressure for border crossings to open.

Meanwhile, Rana Attia, another displaced woman, said people felt more dignified as they received messages on their phones informing them to head to specific locations to get their share of food aid instead of having to randomly chase aid under scorching heat.

“We’re like dogs chasing after a bone. Why do they throw things like that. We don’t want them to help us that way,” she said.

AP Video shot by Wafaa Shurafa, Abdel Kareem Hana

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