Canada airdrops aid into Gaza as charities apply pressure to have supplies delivered

Author Sharlene Gandhi

Following Jordan’s lead, Canada has also begun airdropping critical aid supplies into the Gaza Strip as of Thursday, July 31. 

Initial reports state that “Canadian charities urged Israel to allow truckloads of aid into Gaza to be distributed through the United Nations.” 

This followed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that Canada would recognize an independent Palestinian state, which the United Kingdom and France have also indicated they would do at the United Nations General Assembly this September. 

The Prime Minister’s announcement stated that Canada had already committed more than $340 million in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. 

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda has said that airdrops are a much less effective solution to delivering critical aid than opening up the land borders and allowing aid trucks through the Rafah border. She added that airdrops will not meet the demand for food across the Gaza Strip. 

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  • Sharlene Gandhi is the Future of Good editorial fellow on digital transformation.

    Sharlene has been reporting on responsible business, environmental sustainability and technology in the UK and Canada since 2018. She has worked with various organizations during this time, including the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University, AIGA Eye on Design, Social Enterprise UK and Nature is a Human Right. Sharlene moved to Toronto in early 2023 to join the Future of Good team, where she has been reporting at the intersections of technology, data and social purpose work. Her reporting has spanned several subject areas, including AI policy, cybersecurity, ethical data collection, and technology partnerships between the private, public and third sectors.

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