Médecins Sans Frontières calls for Israel to allow for full access of aid ready to be delivered by road, saying airdrops are ‘notoriously ineffective and dangerous’

UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous ‘distraction’, could kill starving Palestinians.

Air drops can look good on television, but deliver very little aid and endanger civilian lives.

Designated humanitarian corridors will also be established to enable safe movement of UN aid convoys, the Israeli military says.

Israel's military announces airdrops and humanitarian corridors in Gaza amid growing international criticism over starvation-related deaths.

Several aid groups say dropping food from the air onto densely populated Gaza is a risk to civilian lives.

UN says ‘vast amounts of aid’ needed to prevent catastrophic health crisis after Israel allowed limited airdrops into Gaza

Airdropping is a controversial method of aid distribution which has been described by charities as a last resort for Gaza

Médecins Sans Frontières calls for Israel to allow for full access of aid ready to be delivered by road, saying airdrops are ‘notoriously ineffective and dangerous’

Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop Gaza’s rising death toll