The U.S. military has delivered some 260 tons of humanitarian aid to Lebanon since an explosion damaged much of the capital city and left more than 200 people dead or missing last week.
U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Air Mobility Command delivered the more than a half-million pounds of food, water and medical supplies in four days since Thursday, when the first C-17 transports brought 11 pallets of aid from Qatar to Lebanon following the Aug. 4 explosion, the military said.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. soldiers and airmen in Europe helped deliver about 12,000 pounds of emergency medical kits to Beirut via Ramstein Air Base, U.S. Army Europe said in a statement.
The kits are “designed to help local hospitals address critical medical needs,” USAREUR said.
International donors have pledged some $300 million in aid after the blast that wounded some 6,000 people, overwhelming hospitals in the capital….
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