A spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence has criticised the move by several countries to airdrop aid over people in the strip, saying it has caused casualties instead.

“The method of using the dropping of aid via international relief planes has not limited the famine crisis suffered by our people in the Gaza Strip, but has increased the number of victims looking for a living,” Mahmoud Basal said in a statement, Al Jazeera reports.

“The continuation of this method of providing relief to citizens has caused a number of victims and injuries among citizens.

“Therefore, we affirm the need to search for radical solutions to prove the futility of this method in providing relief to citizens suffering from famine in the Gaza Strip, and we stress the need to work to enter this aid through the ports of the Gaza Strip and deliver it in a safe manner to all besieged citizens to avoid further victims,” he added.