RAF A400M delivers 27 tonnes of vital aid to Gaza following third successful airdrop

The Royal Air Force has delivered 27 tonnes of vital aid to Gaza this week following a third successful airdrop by an A400M Atlas aircraft.

This third drop by the RAF follows successful airdrops on Monday and Friday as part of international efforts to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said on X: "The package provides food to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis, and the UK is fully committed to getting more aid into Gaza as quickly as possible".

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These airdrops follow recent land deliveries of 2,000 tonnes of UK food aid to feed more than 275,000 people along with thousands of UK-funded blankets, tents and other relief items, as well as the establishment of a full UK-funded field hospital in Gaza run by British charity UK-Med.

The Ministry of Defence said following the airdrop on Friday: "The UK remains committed to ensuring aid reaches those who need it most, as Palestinians continue to face a devastating and growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza".

The UK has previously supported international airdrops, providing around 600 parachutes at the request of Jordan and Bahrain and supplying critical aid for a Jordanian airdrop to Tal Al-Hawa Hospital in northern Gaza.