Israel’s nearly 22-month military offensive against Hamas has shattered security in the territory of some 2 million Palestinians and made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food to starving people.

Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 15 Palestinians, including two people waiting for aid. Over 70 others were injured in the attacks, which have added to the growing humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.

International aid supplies have once again been dropped from the air over the sealed-off Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Thursday. The deliveries comprised 43 pallets of food dropped by parachute from Jordanian,