France took part in airdrops that delivered much-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza in the early days of Israel's response to Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023.

Earlier on July 27, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped 25 tons of aid into the Gaza Strip, marking the first aid marks the first airdrop in months.

Witnesses and health workers say Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians sought food.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy visited a U.S.-backed aid operation in Gaza on Friday, which the United Nations has partly blamed for deadly conditions in the enclave, saying he sought to get food and other aid to people there.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee also visited Gaza "to learn the truth about" Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites.

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians mourned those who died or were injured while trying to reach trucks carrying humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip.