Israeli massacre of starving Palestinians prompts Biden to promise air-dropped food

Starving Palestinians line up for hours to receive food distributed by charitable organizations in Deir Balah, Gaza, on March 1, 2024. Bernie Sanders says, “Israel MUST open the borders and allow the United Nations to deliver supplies in sufficient quantities.” – Photo: Ashraf Amra, Anadolu Breaking news from Al Jazeera and Democracy Now! From Al Jazeera: Speaking to reporters at the White House [on Friday, March 1], Biden said the US’s humanitarian aid drops into Gaza will begin in the “coming days.” He also said the US was continuing to work towards a ceasefire that would allow even more aid to flow into the enclave. However, he previously acknowledged that the killing of at least 115 aid-seekers in northern Gaza on Thursday – after Israeli forces opened fire in the area – could complicate these efforts. The current amount of aid getting into Gaza, Biden said, is not enough to meet people’s needs, and he wants to see “hundreds” more aid trucks get in. Yousri Alghoul, a Palestinian author who witnessed the mass shooting of aid seekers by Israeli forces, says people facing hunger in northern Gaza often head to the Nabulsi area in southwest Gaza City, where assistance trucks...