Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza

President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Friday his intention to order a military air drop of humanitarian aid into Gaza, four U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The officials declined to discuss exact timing of the expected U.S. air drop of aid into Gaza, although two officials said it could happen in the coming days.
At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – one quarter of the enclave’s population – are one step away from famine, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, particularly the north, after nearly five months of an Israeliair and ground campaign that has ruined swathes of the crowded coastal strip and pushed it to the edge of famine.
With people eating animal feed and even cactuses to survive, and with medics saying children are dying in hospitals from malnutrition and dehydration, the U.N. has said it faces “overwhelming obstacles” getting in aid.