Overview

• The Bundeswehr’s two Airbus A400M transport planes dropped 34 pallets, roughly 14 tons of food and medical supplies, over Gaza on August 1–2 with additional flights planned.
• France, Spain and the United Kingdom have conducted similar airdrops under a newly formed Western coalition.
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz thanked participating troops and partners and stressed that airdrops are only a stopgap measure.
• UNRWA and the UN World Food Programme warn that costly airlifts are inefficient, potentially dangerous to civilians and cannot meet the 62,000 tons of food Gaza needs each month.
• Nearly 6,000 loaded aid trucks remain stalled at border crossings as Germany intensifies efforts to reopen and secure land corridors for large‐scale relief.