Jordan has dropped humanitarian aid into Gaza from the air before, however this was the first joint operation with the French Air Force. - Click on the link for more.
Recognizing it as their airspace isn't legitimizing their claim to any territory, it's just an acknowledgement that they hold it fully in their control.
That's like your opinion dude. In actual law national airspace (the only airspace a nation can actually own) extents over territory (whether land or territorial waters).
So in reality recognizing airspace over Gaza as being Israel's recognizes Gaza as Israeli territory.
Ever hear the saying possession is 9/10 of the law? It doesn't matter who's the legal owner of the airspace when your primary concern is preventing a major diplomatic incident.
Well France is possessing the fuck out of Gaza's air space right now, and haven't been shot down by the IDF. So by your logic I think it's clear who owns Gaza's air space.
"By my logic"? You sound like someone who's putting a lot of effort into misunderstand everything I say because want to be right about something I'm not even talking about.
I highly doubt that any country would fly into combat airspace without coordination. That sounds a recipe for a massive international incident if a plane gets shot down.
Employ military force to ensure the sovereignty of their airspace.
The playbook's pretty standard:
If people are using commercial overflight allowances to drop cargo into a war zone one of the combatants could simply deny commercial overflight.
Then fighter escorts to remove the aircraft from the contested airspace
Then warning shots
Then downing aircraft.
so I would love for the journalist to tell me what the current situation is, what Israel's response to this is, and what the ongoing future air situation is anticipated to be
Allies don't violate your airspace, creating bad media for you.
But yes to answer your first question I absolutely would expect them to deny commercial overflight of their military operations. I'm honestly surprised they haven't already
I will be absolutely shocked and terrified if Israel shoots down a French plane, fuck them for the genocide they are committing, but that moment would be Gavrilo Princip, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin(I know I know), and 9/11 combined in terms of ushering in a new age of conflict. It could easily rip NATO and the UN apart while also escalating the conflict in the Middle East to new heights. I don’t think, or maybe I just hope that, Israel is that stupid.