Air-dropped aid packages struck and killed five Palestinians in Gaza after their parachutes failed to open properly, according to reports.

Footage circulating on social media appears to show several packages plummeting to the ground from a transport aircraft.

A US military cargo plane airdropped more than 11,500 meals to Gaza Friday in Washington’s fourth joint operation with Jordan this month to deliver urgently needed aid to the coastal territory.

But the US denied it had caused the deaths.

“The US did not cause the fatalities during our airdrop in Gaza,” a US defence official said.
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