For most Jewish Americans, whatever their political persuasion, support for Israel has been a bedrock principle. Thus it’s notable that a broad swath of U.S. Jews — reacting to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza — have been urging the Israeli government to do more to ensure the delivery of food and medicine.

International aid supplies have once again been dropped from the air over the sealed-off Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Thursday. The deliveries comprised 43 pallets of food dropped by parachute from Jordanian,