Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Colombia: President Gustavo Petro: Trump's insult to myself and Colombia is no longer aimed at achieving an effective counter-drug strategy
Trump cancels Putin meeting, says "didn't feel right"
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Caracas: The United States attacks another alleged drug-trafficking ship off the coast of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean
Palestinian official urges world to force 'Israel' to comply with ICJ ruling: AFP
Israeli media says Knesset approved bill to annex in West Bank in preliminary reading
Kremlin: As part of strategic nuclear force exercise, Cruiser Bryansk launched Sineva ballistic missile from Barents Sea.
Kremlin: Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome at Kura test site in Kamchatka.
Kremlin: Strategic nuclear forces exercise took place under Putin's leadership.
Lebanese MP Imad Al-Hout, following his meeting with the Grand Mufti of the Republic: Lebanon is the last country to move toward peace and normalization [with "Israel"]
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: One martyr reported in Israeli drone strike targeting motorcycle in Ain Qana.

UK pushes Gaza aid airdrop operations, despite previous disasters

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News Websites
  • 26 Jul 2025 18:20
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces a Gaza humanitarian airdrop plan and child evacuation efforts, as the UK, France, and Germany face criticism for supporting "Israel" militarily.

Listen
  • x
  • Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
    Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to advance humanitarian aid efforts for Gaza, including an airdrop operation and medical evacuations for children.

The initiative, coordinated with international partners, comes amid mounting concerns over starvation and the humanitarian toll of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

In a statement released Saturday, Starmer's office said the UK is “taking forward plans to work with partners such as Jordan to airdrop aid and evacuate children requiring medical assistance.” 

Read more: UK faces legal action for denying Gaza children medical evacuation

It is worth noting that airdrop operations were previously tested and failed, causing the deaths of tens of Palestinian civilians seeking aid. At the time, the United Nations asserted that delivering humanitarian supplies to Gaza by airdrops or sea cannot sufficiently substitute land deliveries.

A report by the Wall Street Journal also stressed that aid deliveries by plane are insufficient and dangerous, quoting relief groups saying that only large-scale truck deliveries can prevent famine.

These airdrop initiatives, while framed as humanitarian, dangerously whitewash the roles of regimes allied to the Israelis, like Jordan and the UAE, by portraying them as benevolent actors despite their complicity or silence in the face of genocide.

Related News

ICJ to deliver opinion on 'Israel’s' obligations toward UN aid workers

'Israel' receives bodies of 2 soldiers killed in Gaza

In reality, they serve as a public relations cover to deflect international scrutiny and, in the case of Jordan, to calm unprecedented internal unrest fueled by public outrage over the massacre in Gaza.

Such operations have a deadly track record, having previously killed Palestinian civilians scrambling for aid, and are widely condemned by relief organizations as ineffective and symbolic gestures that cannot replace the safe, sustained flow of aid through land crossings.

Starmer calls up partners 

Starmer subsequently held a joint phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to address the worsening humanitarian situation. According to a Downing Street readout, the leaders "agreed it would be vital to ensure robust plans are in place to turn an urgently needed ceasefire into lasting peace."

During the conversation, the three leaders reaffirmed their shared commitment to a long-term political solution. “They discussed their intention to work closely together on a plan... which would pave the way to a long-term solution and security in the region,” the statement said. The plan would eventually include “key partners, including in the region,” to further regional coordination.

It is noteworthy that the UK, alongside Germany and France, has faced criticism for its ongoing military support to "Israel." Human rights organizations and analysts have pointed to continued arms sales, intelligence sharing, and diplomatic backing that have enabled "Israel’s" war campaign against Palestinians in Gaza.

While London, Berlin, and Paris now call for aid corridors and ceasefires, they have simultaneously approved weapons exports and defense cooperation agreements with the Israeli government, undermining their stated commitment to peace and humanitarian principles.

A day prior, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the global response to the Gaza starvation crisis as a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.” His remarks have amplified pressure on international actors to respond more decisively.

Read more: Independent: Time for UK to recognize Palestine, says MP Thornberry

  • Gaza Strip
  • Palestine
  • Israeli aggression
  • Starvation in Gaza
  • Israel
  • Gaza genocide
  • Germany
  • Israeli occupation
  • Israeli war crimes
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Gaza
  • famine in Gaza
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Yemeni Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari , during a ceremony in an undisclosed locations in Yemen, undate (Yemeni Military Media)

Yemeni Armed Forces mourn martyred Chief of Staff al-Ghamari

  • Politics
  • 16 Oct 2025
From previous scenes of the Qassam Brigades targeting an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Yassin 105 shell, east of Deir al-Balah. (Military Media of the Qassam Brigades)

US knew fatal Rafah blast cause was not Hamas op., says journalist

  • Politics
  • 20 Oct 2025
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for the Al-Quds Brigades, during a speech televised on October 22, 2025 (Al-Quds Brigades Military Media)

Al-Quds Brigades' Abu Hamza mourns leaders, vows continued resistance

  • Politics
  • 22 Oct 2025
Smoke and fire rises after 'Israel' launched airstrikes on the village of Ansar, Lebanon, October 16, 2025 (social media)

'Israel' launches two waves of brutal strikes on east, south Lebanon

  • Politics
  • 16 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
Pro-Palestinian activists protest at Lafayette Park across from the White House to mark the approaching one year anniversary of the Israeli war on Gaza, Saturday, October 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Arts and Culture

Jewish figures call for sanctions on 'Israel' over Gaza genocide

Activists from the Foreign Press Association during a panel calling for press freedom in Gaza, April 11, 2025 in London, England. (X/ @FPALondon)
Politics

FPA demands Israeli court to allow int'l journalists access to Gaza

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)
Politics

Cuban man deported from US to Eswatini launches hunger strike

Russia President Vladimir Putin conducts a strategic nuclear forces exercise via videoconference from the Presidential Situation Centre at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Politics

Putin oversees ICBM, cruise missile tests in strategic nuclear drill

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS