2024-03-06 19:47:00
The Airbus A400M military transport plane dispatched to Jordan to carry out humanitarian aid drops in the Gaza Strip did not carry out any of these “airdrops” on Wednesday, Belga learned from a military source. According to our information provided by Defense, B-Fast did not have the necessary authorizations from Israel.
Defense explained to us this Tuesday that the Belgian team had been ready since the morning. However, the green light from Israel was not given, hence the absence of a drop and this delay in the operation called “Cerulian Skies”, intended to come to the aid of the population of Gaza, seriously affected by death and hunger after five months of war between the IDF and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Israel’s “Go” could be given today. This is the condition for B-Fast to be able to act, while Israel is engaged in its military operations in Gaza.
The plane took off early Monday afternoon from Melsbroek military airport bound for Zarqa airport, northeast of Amman, the Jordanian capital, before making a round trip on Tuesday to deploy the rest of the equipment and personnel – around forty people – necessary for its implementation.
Political and military leaders hoped to carry out a first drop over the beaches of Gaza “at the earliest (this) Wednesday”. The planned pace of missions, which largely depend on overflight authorizations granted by Israel to an international coalition in which Jordan plays an important role.
“It’s not easy, it’s a fairly difficult, expensive operation, and it’s even dangerous.“, explained Wednesday morning the Minister of Development Cooperation, Caroline Gennez (Vooruit), guest on the morning show of La Première on RTBF-radio.
“The most important thing is that we are giving a symbolic signal to the population of Gaza that the international community and especially Belgium are behind them.“, she added.
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