The United States drops humanitarian aid to Gaza from the air for the first time. The measure comes two days after the convoy tragedy that left more than 100 dead.

More than 38,000 food rations along the Mediterranean coast were transported by C-130 military aircraft. Israel controls Gaza's airspace (it already did before the war), so any delivery of humanitarian aid requires its green light, just as it does with what enters by land from Egypt. The United States' decision is not only a recognition of the seriousness of the situation, also a failure.