AMMAN
— Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that
has left tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and
women, according to Palestinian and UN data, which led to its appearance before
the International Court of Justice on charges of committing genocide.
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Israel
restricts the entry of aid into Gaza, which led to a scarcity of food,
medicine, and fuel supplies and created a famine that began to claim the lives
of children and the elderly in the Strip, which is inhabited by about 2.3
million Palestinians, including about two million displaced as a result of the
war, and has been besieged by Israel for 17 years, Al-Ghad reported.
But
Jordan, due to its geographical and demographic connection with its western
neighbor, Palestine, was the first country to carry out air dropping operations,
which began on November 6, 2023, based on its extensive experience in
parachuting and air dropping, according to what Jordanian experts told Anadolu.
In
addition to the humanitarian nature of these operations, some observers believe
that Jordan seeks to thwart what Tel Aviv aspires to, by strengthening the
steadfastness of the Gazans and keeping them inside their land, as Amman
expressed its “absolute” rejection of forced displacement attempts, and
considered, in statements by a number of its officials, that It would be a
"declaration of war."
As
of March 15, Jordan has implemented 46 independent measures and 61 joint
measures in cooperation with “brotherly and friendly” countries.
Anadolu
correspondent listened to two military experts and an academic in political
affairs, about what makes their country, Jordan, a destination for countries
wishing to carry out an air dropping inside the Gaza Strip, and the reasons that
made their country a center for doing so.
Experience in dealing with NATO
countries and Europeans
Military
analyst, retired Major General Mamoun Abu Nawar, said: “Jordan is an ally of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and has great experience in
dealing with it and the Europeans, and it was a major gateway to fighting the
terrorist organization ISIS.”
He
continued: "As a result of the Jordanian-Palestinian interdependence,
Jordan's humanitarian intervention was necessary, especially with the
occurrence of famine in Gaza, and the inability of the international community
and UN bodies to address the matter."
Abu
Nawar believed that "Jordan's distinguished relations with the countries
of the world have achieved international support for it in this aspect, which
is what prompted many of it to engage in this role, side by side with
Amman."
He
said: "Despite the cost of these operations, and that they are not
sufficient to meet the sector's needs, in my opinion, they save some
lives."
Abu
Nawar pointed out that "the repercussions of the crisis in Gaza affect
Jordan, and the Kingdom's decision was based on humanitarian intervention to
break this siege and prevent famine from becoming a weapon in the hands of
Israel."
Air dropping not parachutingThe
military and strategic analyst, retired Brigadier General Hisham Suleiman
Khreisat, distinguished at the beginning of his talk between air dropping and
parachuting, as he explained that the first is for loads, and the second is for
people.
He
added: "Jordan has a very long experience, dating back five decades, in
the field of parachuting and air dropping, and an infrastructure in the field of
parachuting that is the largest in the region. It also has an experienced,
trained, and highly qualified air team with great experience."
According
to Khreisat, “The equipment used by the Jordanian army in the field of
parachuting and aerial landing is of high quality, extremely safe, and free of
air accidents.”
He
pointed out that "the Jordanian Armed Forces participate in about 44 local
and international exercises, most of which involve air dropping of loads and
landing of troops."
He
pointed out that "the air dropping process is expensive, and this depends
on the size of the load. The larger it is, the more it requires a special type
of parachute, the prices of which range between JD5,000 (7,000 US dollars) and
JD70,000 (98,000 dollars)."
He
stated that "Jordan is the first country in the world to use military GPS
(Global Positioning System) to deliver loads to a specific point with its own
eyes, meaning that the armed forces were the first to use satellites to guide
parachutes."
Jordanian message
Radwan
Al-Majali, head of the Department of Political Science at the Jordanian
University of Mutah (governmental), saw that “Israel is seeking to pressure
Hamas to achieve concessions regarding the issue of prisoners and hostages,
using the policy of starvation.”
He
added: "In the face of this policy, which Jordan rejects, especially
collective punishment, the Kingdom took an important decision related to
supporting the Palestinian brothers, and so came the step of landings in the
Gaza Strip on the most needy areas."
Majali
stressed, “Although the landings do not meet the needs of the people of the
Gaza Strip, they are a message that the Kingdom supports Palestine and Gaza on
the one hand, and a call to the international community to take action to
provide aid.”
He
stressed that "Israel does not want a ceasefire, but rather seeks to
achieve greater gains by retrieving the hostages without doing so. Therefore,
the siege and starvation policy is a pressure card on Hamas and the residents
of the Gaza Strip to express their dissatisfaction with the resistance, in
addition to pressure on the Palestinian Authority."
Majali
added, "Israel wants to make these parties feel that they are not the
cause of what the residents of the Gaza Strip are being exposed to, but rather
Hamas."
He
stressed that Jordan plays a humanitarian role, “through which it seeks to
emphasize the importance of providing humanitarian aid to the residents of the
Gaza Strip, with international participation.”
Majali
considered that "Jordan proved that it is a fundamental supporter of the
Palestinians, and broke the Israeli policy of sieging Gaza through
airdrops."
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