AMMAN (Dispatches) – 
Jordanian authorities have profited significantly from overseeing the delivery of international aid into Gaza during the Zionist regime’s ongoing war on the besieged Palestinian enclave, Middle East Eye has learned.
Sources say the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), an official body overseeing humanitarian aid into Gaza, has coordinated with the Zionist regime authorities to act as the sole conduit for aid passing through Jordan.
MEE spoke with sources from international aid organizations and people with direct knowledge of the JHCO’s operations.
One source said much of the aid attributed to the JHCO in fact originates from foreign governments and NGOs, both Jordanian and international, while direct contributions from the Jordanian state are negligible.
Jordanian authorities have demanded $2,200 for every aid truck entering Gaza, according to two NGO sources and two others familiar with the scheme.
The fee, aid organizations were told by the JHCO, is paid directly to the Jordanian Armed Forces.
In addition, Jordan has charged between $200,000 and $400,000 per airdrop over Gaza, the sources said.
Around $200,000 was charged for each random drop, and $400,000 for targeted missions, despite each aircraft carrying the equivalent of less than half a truckload of aid.
Sources said Jordan has expanded its logistical infrastructure in response to rising revenues from the aid operations.
According to MEE’s sources, the kingdom recently acquired 200 new aid trucks through a foreign grant and is building larger UN-supported storage depots in anticipation of increased deliveries under new international arrangements.
Middle East Eye asked the Jordanian foreign ministry, armed forces and the JHCO for comment, but received no response by the time of publication.
Since the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza, Jordanian leaders have had to navigate growing anti-Israel sentiment at home while maintaining their strategic relationship with the country.
Jordan has a large population descended from Palestinian refugees forced to flee historic Palestine after the mass expulsions in 1948, widely known as the Nakba.
In the war’s early months, mass demonstrations in support of Gaza and Palestinian factions, particularly Hamas, were a regular occurrence across Jordan.
Under mounting domestic pressure, the Jordanian military began airdropping aid into Gaza about a month after the war started and Israel imposed a full siege.