Claim: Multiple videos circulating online claim to show that China recently airdropped humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territories, specifically Gaza.
Fact: There is no evidence to suggest that China airdropped aid into Gaza recently. Two of the three videos from viral posts were likely filmed during previous airdrop missions, whereas the third clip was taken during a US airdrop mission carried out in 2024.
Soch Fact Check looked into three specific videos that have been widely circulated recently.
Video 1: This clip (archive) shows aid being dropped via parachutes from a jet, while people are seen cheering on the ground. It also featured both the Palestinian and Chinese flags, along with an Urdu caption that translates to:
And history will also record that 57 Islamic countries remained silent while a non-Muslim country helped Palestine. China’s humanitarian gesture will always be remembered.
Video 2: X user @mariachaudary98 shared another video (archive) showing aid being dropped via parachutes, captioned:
“This is not Saudi Arabia’s 600 Billion
This is not Qatar’s 1.2 Trillion
This is not UAE’s 1.4 Trillion
This is China dropping air aids in Gaza today.
What a shame for Arabia world.
#riyadh #ChiaraPoggi #Gaza #IsraelTerroristState”
Video 3: A third video (archive) shows aid being dropped through parachutes along a coast line, as people run toward the packages. The accompanying text reads:
“چائنہ نے فل سیکیورٹی میں غزہ میں امداد پہنچائی
شکریہ چائنہ”
[Translation: China delivered aid to Gaza with full security. Thank you, China.]
Humanitarian aid in Gaza
In May 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the risk of famine in Gaza is rapidly rising due to a continued blockade that restricts humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies. Nearly the entire population of 2.1 million is facing severe food insecurity, with almost half a million people in catastrophic conditions. According to WHO, people are already starving, especially children and pregnant women. Since the aid blockade began on 2 March 2025, at least 57 children have reportedly died from malnutrition, a number likely underestimated.
Since 7 October 2023 and Israel’s ensuing war in Palestine, Gaza has faced an escalating humanitarian crisis marked by severe shortages of food, medicine, and essential supplies. Since 2023, Israel has significantly restricted aid deliveries, including food, leading to widespread malnutrition and a dire need for humanitarian assistance. In response, international efforts have been mobilised to deliver aid through various means, including land routes and airdrop missions.
As of May 2025, the United Nations reported that only 198 aid trucks had entered Gaza since Israel’s partial easing of the blockade, a figure far below the pre-conflict average of 500 trucks daily. Compounding the crisis, looting and security concerns have hampered aid distribution, with reports of armed groups intercepting supplies. The World Food Programme highlighted the looting of 15 flour trucks, emphasising the urgent need for consistent and secure aid delivery.
Palestinians in Gaza are enduring “what may be the cruellest phase of this cruel conflict,” said the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warning that Israel’s escalating military campaign and prolonged blockade have pushed the population to the brink of famine. Against this backdrop, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy suspended free trade negotiations with Israel, citing Israel’s refusal to allow adequate humanitarian aid into the region. Lammy strongly condemned the blocking of thousands of aid trucks, calling it morally indefensible and a direct cause of starvation and suffering among Palestinians. He stated that the blockade, along with extremist rhetoric from Israeli ministers about “cleansing” Gaza, undermines British values and is incompatible with the UK-Israel relationship.
“On 21 May, European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera described the situation in Gaza as a “tragedy of gigantic proportions” and said it closely resembled genocide,” according to Anadolu Agency. Earlier in May, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also referred to Israel as a “genocidal state” and called for the country to be banned from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reviewed recent news reports and did not find any evidence that China has airdropped aid to Gaza. The most recent aid delivery from the Chinese government was on 19 February 2025, and it was transported via trucks.
We then searched for news reports about airdrop missions and found that Jordan was the first country to begin the missions into Gaza, starting as early as 6 November 2023, according to Jordan News. Since then, Jordan has carried out several such missions, both independently and in coordination with countries like the UAE and Qatar. The US joined the effort on 2 March 2024, conducting its first airdrop in Gaza using military aircraft. By 13 March 2024, Germany announced it would participate in the ongoing air bridge operation, deploying part of its joint German-French air transport squadron to deliver urgently needed aid to Gaza. The initiative, launched by Jordan, had by then expanded to include multiple international partners, including France and the US. However, China has not been part of these airdrop operations.
While Soch Fact Check was unable to verify the exact sources of the first two videos accompanying the viral posts, we found footage suggesting they are likely from airdrop missions in Gaza carried out a year ago by other countries such Jordan, Egypt, UAE, and France. Visuals shared by Middle East Monitor, NBC News, WSJ News, The Telegraph, and Middle East Eye in 2024 resemble the scenes shown in these videos, indicating they were filmed during those operations.
For example, the footage shows airplanes flying overhead and releasing parachutes carrying aid. This mirrors the scenes that appear in the viral videos. In addition, crowds can be seen on the ground watching and scrambling toward the parachutes to collect the aid, further suggesting the videos are from previous airdrop events.
As for the third video, we traced the exact footage to early March 2024 reports by Middle East Eye, The Telegraph, and TRT World. The reports confirm that the video does not show a recent Chinese airdrop in Gaza, but rather the first US humanitarian airdrop in the region, during which over 30,000 meals were delivered by three military planes in coordination with Jordan’s Air Force.
While China has provided humanitarian aid to Gaza in the form of financial contributions and shipments delivered via land routes through Egypt and Jordan, there is no evidence to support claims that China has conducted any airdrop missions into Gaza as of now.
Virality
The first video was shared here, here, here, here, here, and here on Facebook. Archived here, here, here, here, here, and here.
It was shared here, here, here, here, here, and here on Instagram. Archived here, here, here, here, here, and here.
On TikTok, it was shared here and here.
It was also shared here (archive) on X.
The second video was shared here, here, and here on X. Archived here, here, and here.
On TikTok, it was shared here (archive).
The third video was shared here (archive) on Instagram.
On TikTok, it was shared here (archive).
Conclusion: There is no evidence to support the claim that China recently airdropped aid into Gaza. Videos accompanying two of the three viral posts in question are likely from previous airdrop missions carried out by other countries in 2024. The third video being fact-checked shows humanitarian aid airdropped into Gaza by the US in March 2024.
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