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The first German Air Force aircraft deployed by Berlin to drop aid supplies over the Gaza Strip landed in Jordan late on Thursday. “The first aircraft landed safely in Jordan. We are unloading the material we brought with us and are preparing for the upcoming flights,” the German Air Force said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius had given the go-ahead for the deployment on Wednesday. The aid is to be loaded on two Bundeswehr C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, each capable of transporting up to 18 tons of cargo, in Jordan and the airdrop…