The airdrops have mainly been a show. They are the most costly, most hazardous, and least efficient means of getting aid into Gaza. US President Joe Biden conspicuously on Monday announced plans to build temporarily a jetty on the coast of Gaza to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Russia has termed the US initiative to build a jetty off the coast of the Gaza Strip to provide humanitarian aid as a cruel joke. As a result, people in Gaza, especially in northern Gaza, are in famine-like conditions.
