Spain has air-dropped about 12 tons of support through 24 parachutes, supposed for about 11,000 folks during the last 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 exhibits 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 stated that these packages are being offered in markets for over NIS 300.
“All packages despatched have the expiration date so as, are hermetically sealed, and have all the required certificates. The supply word for the rations bought and distributed by AECID clearly states that they are going to expire on June 30, 2026,” the Spanish International Ministry stated.
“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 packing 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 offered 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 supposed for governments, worldwide support organizations, together with NATO and the Crimson Cross, in addition to humanitarian organizations similar to UNRWA and UNICEF.
On its official web site, the corporate states that it operates based on strict high quality requirements (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 22000), emphasizing its capability to supply personalized meals rations, together with halal meals for Muslims.
Nevertheless, these commitments are introduced usually phrases and don’t immediately tackle claims relating to spoiled support or inappropriate contents.
Spanish International Minister José Manuel Álvarez claimed in an interview in Could that the starvation within the Strip had crossed a pink line and described the delay in support entry as “a severe violation of worldwide legislation.”
Álvarez additionally pressured that failing to deal with starvation is an act of bloodbath and known as on the worldwide group to extend stress to open the crossings and permit the continual and secure switch of meals and medication.
On the finish of July and early August 2025, Spain, together with France, Germany, the UAE, and Jordan, carried out aerial humanitarian support drops to Gaza. Spain alone dropped about 12 tons of support through 24 parachutes, supposed for about 11,000 folks.
Maariv contributed to this report.
