Spain has air-dropped about 12 tons of support by way of 24 parachutes, meant for about 11,000 individuals over the past two months.
Spain denied that the help it delivered to the Gaza Strip contained pork merchandise or meals merchandise unfit for consumption, after movies of Gazans making the declare went viral earlier in August.
One video reveals a younger boy opening a bag of support, allegedly air-dropped into the Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah areas of Gaza, containing provides lined in mould. He mentioned that these packages are being bought in markets for over NIS 300.
“All packages despatched have the expiration date so as, are hermetically sealed, and have all the mandatory certificates. The supply be aware for the rations bought and distributed by AECID clearly states that they’ll expire on June 30, 2026,” the Spanish Overseas Ministry mentioned.
“All 5,500 parts despatched are halal menus and are totally licensed as halal,” the ministry additional clarified.
The packets had the JOMIPSA model, an Alicante-based firm that gives meals rations and humanitarian support kits.
A Palestinian man carries meals containers collected from support packages dropped from an airplane, in Deir Al-Balah, within the central Gaza Strip, final week. (credit score: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)
The meals ration that seems within the video can’t be verified, as its batch quantity and origin are unknown. JOMIPSA has bought rations to different nations and organizations, the international ministry added.
JOMIPSA manufactures humanitarian support merchandise for quite a few nations
The corporate JOMIPSA manufactures a variety of humanitarian support merchandise: from ready-to-eat meals packages, private hygiene kits, and fight rations, to tailor-made kits for conditions like starvation, accidents, and rescue operations.
Its merchandise are meant for governments, worldwide support organizations, together with NATO and the Crimson Cross, in addition to humanitarian organizations comparable to UNRWA and UNICEF.
On its official web site, the corporate states that it operates in accordance with strict high quality requirements (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 22000), emphasizing its skill to offer custom-made meals rations, together with halal meals for Muslims.
Nonetheless, these commitments are offered basically phrases and don’t straight handle claims relating to spoiled support or inappropriate contents.
Spanish Overseas Minister José Manuel Álvarez claimed in an interview in Might that the starvation within the Strip had crossed a purple line and described the delay in support entry as “a critical violation of worldwide legislation.”
Álvarez additionally confused that failing to handle starvation is an act of bloodbath and referred to as on the worldwide group to extend stress to open the crossings and permit the continual and secure switch of meals and drugs.
On the finish of July and early August 2025, Spain, together with France, Germany, the UAE, and Jordan, performed aerial humanitarian support drops to Gaza. Spain alone dropped about 12 tons of support by way of 24 parachutes, meant for about 11,000 individuals.
Maariv contributed to this report.
