Death toll of Palestinians killed by faulty aid drop rises to five

The number of people killed by a faulty aid air drop in Gaza City has now risen to five. 

The casualties occurred following a botched attempt to drop humanitarian assistance from a plane, which ended up landing in a residential area in Sheikh Radwan, northwest of Gaza City. 

The Palestinian media office in Gaza said the air drop resulted in "five martyrs and several injuries, despite our prior statement that these operations are useless and not the best way to bring in aid". 

"We demand the opening of land crossings to bring in thousands of tons of aid immediately and urgently to prevent the worsening of the situation."

The media office added that the air drops had taken on a "propaganda character rather than humanitarian", and that the method was posing a threat to the lives of Palestinians.