JAKARTA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has delivered 800 tons of aid, including food, medicine, and clothing, to the Gaza Strip, underscoring its commitment to international humanitarian solidarity, a military officer said Monday.
Frega Wenas Inkiriwang, head of the Defense Information Bureau of the Secretariat General at the Ministry of Defense, said the Indonesian military's Garuda Merah Putih II task force conducted an airdrop on Sunday, delivering supplies to Gaza residents using two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
He said that the aid was dropped at 10 locations.
Indonesia had earlier decided to send 10,000 tons of rice to Palestine and planned to provide medical treatment for 2,000 war victims from Gaza on Galang Island in Riau Islands province. ■