From skies over Gaza, Jordanian crew drops lifeline to civilians

Aboard a Jordanian military plane, aid crates are parachuted into Gaza, where war and blockade have pushed more than two million Palestinians to the brink of famine.

The Jordanian Air Force C-130’s crew of eight soldiers pushes pallets of food out of the rear hatch.

Parachutes unfurl, and the crates — stamped with the Jordanian flag — drift toward the devastated Gaza Strip, nearly 22 months into the war, an AFP journalist on board reported.

Journalists were only allowed to film the airdrop…