Jordan Announces Airdrop of Urgent Medical Aid to Gaza for Second Time

Jordan has sent urgent medical aid to Gaza for a second time. (Petra news agency)
Jordan has sent urgent medical aid to Gaza for a second time. (Petra news agency)
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Jordan Announces Airdrop of Urgent Medical Aid to Gaza for Second Time

Jordan has sent urgent medical aid to Gaza for a second time. (Petra news agency)
Jordan has sent urgent medical aid to Gaza for a second time. (Petra news agency)

Jordan has for the second time in a week airdropped medical aid for Gaza.

An official of the Jordanian Armed Forces said a Royal Air Force plane dropped on Saturday urgent medical aid using parachutes to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza, reported the Petra state news agency.

The operation was held in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar to boost the hospital’s capabilities and increase the ability of medical personnel to provide health and treatment services to Palestinians in Gaza.

The Armed Forces confirm that the hospital continues to operate despite the difficult conditions the hospital is suffering from amid ongoing the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip.



Militants Killed and Wounded in Eastern Syria, Media and War Monitor Say

The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir Ezzor and surrounding towns. (AFP via Getty Images file)
The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir Ezzor and surrounding towns. (AFP via Getty Images file)
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Militants Killed and Wounded in Eastern Syria, Media and War Monitor Say

The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir Ezzor and surrounding towns. (AFP via Getty Images file)
The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir Ezzor and surrounding towns. (AFP via Getty Images file)

A number of militants were killed and wounded in eastern Syria early Sunday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq in apparent airstrikes, pro-government media and an opposition war monitor reported.

Pan-Arab television network Al-Mayadeen cited unnamed sources saying that at least eight Syrians were killed in the strike by the Bou Kamal crossing in Israeli airstrikes.

It was unclear how they confirmed Israeli jets were behind the strikes.

Meanwhile, Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five airstrikes killed at least 15 militants, among them leaders, and wounded at least 20 others. The Observatory said the strikes targeted headquarters and warehouses in the city of Deir Ezzor and surrounding towns.

Pro-government radio station Sham FM said that prior to the blasts heard in Deir Ezzor, explosions were heard at a US military base in northeastern Syria following rocket and drone attacks.

None of the reports could be independently verified.

The US military’s Central Command, which has launched airstrikes on Iranian military personnel and Tehran-backed militant groups in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province, didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

The Israeli military doesn’t usually acknowledge its strike on Syria. However, when it does so, it says it targets Iran-backed militants.