AP reporters aboard a US military plane watch small batches of aid airdropped on a destroyed Gaza [Video]

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — As American military pilots closed in on the northern coast of Gaza, Associated Press journalists aboard the aid mission could hardly spot a single building left untouched by six months of brutal war.

They watched as three tons of humanitarian aid — food, water and hygiene products supplied by Jordan — tumbled out of the rear of the C-130 transport plane, a mess of parachutes trailing behind. It was the 11th American airdrop of aid since the U.S. began the program at the start of March.