Gaza genocide: Airdropped aid package kills Palestinian man

An airdropped aid package has killed an elderly Palestinian man in the so-called humanitarian zone in southern Gaza.

Saber al-Zamili, 75, was inside a tent when the package fell directly on him on Sunday, according to his family.

He was preparing to head to the mosque for his daily prayers, his son Wael al-Zamili told Middle East Eye.  

His daughter Sarah al-Zamili said his body was retrieved from beneath the package with severe injuries.

"His entire body was broken," she said through tears, adding that they rushed him to the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah.

He was later transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where he was pronounced dead.

"This is not a safe method of distributing aid - not the airdrops, not the American aid deliveries, nor the trucks," she told MEE, referring to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which employs a militarised distribution mechanism.

"This is cruelty against the Palestinian people. What they are doing to us is unjust… This is not a way to feed the Palestinian people; it’s a method of humiliation and oppression."

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