Jakarta, Aug. 18 -- Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) has successfully carried out humanitarian air drops for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, coinciding with the occasion of Indonesia's 80th Independence Anniversary.

"The success will be recorded in our history books and is a special present on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia," Defence Ministry's Defence Information Bureau Chief, Brigadier General Frega Wenas, stated here on Monday.

The operation was conducted by the TNI's "Garuda Merah Putih II" Task Force with two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that carried 800 tons of logistics, comprising food, medicines, and clothing.

The C-130 military planes took off from King Abdullah II Air Ba...