OTTAWA - Canadian aircraft carried out an airdrop of nearly 10,000 kilograms of aid to Palestinians in Gaza on Monday as Prime Minister Mark Carney warns of a deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the region.

The Canadian Armed Forces flew a CC-130J Hercules aircraft over the Gaza Strip to conduct the drop, said Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Defence Minister David McGuinty in a media statement.

Carney said in a social media post Monday that the “humanitarian disaster in Gaza is rapidly deteriorating.”

“Canada is intensifying our efforts with international partners to develop a credible peace plan and will ensure aid moves forward at the necessary scale,” he said.

Carney had posted video earlier in the week of Canadian aid pallets delivered to Gaza via Jordanian military aircr

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