 At least 12 Palestinians drowned and six others were trampled to death when people rushed to collect airdropped American aid packages off the northern Gaza coast, local authorities said at the Pentagon confirmed that three of the 18 packages at airdropped on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water just off the coast of the Strip. Abu Muhammad, who witnessed the incident, told CNN the aid was dropped far from the coast into the sea, after which multiple men who don't know how to swim drowned while trying to retrieve it footage of the incident showed people running towards the site of the airdrop as parcels descended upon a beach in Baitlahia in North Gaza, with some falling onto the shore and others into the SEA.US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller laments reports that several Palestinians drowned while trying to retrieve airdropped aid that landed off the coast of northern Gaza. It is a tragedy, Miller says when asked about the reports in a briefing. It is not just a tragedy that these individuals died trying to get aid. It is a tragedy that they felt so desperate that they had to swim out into the ocean to try and retrieve it in the first place. No one should have to put themselves at risk to try and get food, water and medicine for their families. It should just be there for them. And that is what we're trying to accomplish through the work that we're doing to provide humanitarian assistance and in our engagements with the government of Israel to facilitate the delivery of additional humanitarian assistance. The State Department spokesman says aid agencies say only about a fifth of required supplies are entering Gaza as Israel persists with an air and ground offensive triggered by Hamas October 7th attack that has shattered the enclave, pushing parts of it into famine already. They say deliveries by air or sea directly onto Hamas Rangaz's beaches are no substitute for increased supplies coming in by land via Israel or Egypt. Texas Republican politicians have long used state law enforcement to act tough on immigration, but developments over the past few days seem to show how their latest maneuvering is inviting chaos, raising fundamental constitutional questions, outraging local officials and worsening international relations. A recall, Texas has ramped up efforts to fortify the border in recent weeks. On last Friday, they erected a second fence on the border with Ciudad Juarez and deployed a group of riot police to stop migrants. The migrants made their way across concertina wire into an opening in the border wall where they were momentarily forcibly held back by a small group of national guardsmen. After rushing past the guardsmen, migrants made their way to the next border barrier and turned themselves into border patrol. The Texas National Guard is under control of the state government, which is currently locked in legal battles with the Biden administration seeking to expand local control of immigration enforcement, though federal officials are mandated to apprehend and process anyone crossing the border without prior authorization. Texas officials, including the National Guard, are seeking to forcibly prevent foreign nationals from crossing the border wall and other obstacles, including concertina wire laid out by the state.