Looting of UN aid supplies in the Gaza Strip
According to eyewitness reports, angry civilians in the Gaza Strip looted UN aid supplies on Wednesday. The people broke into four warehouses and took flour, rice and other basic foodstuffs, according to reports. They had accused the UN Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of not helping Gaza residents in need sufficiently and instead hoarding aid supplies.
Eyewitnesses had previously reported that members of the Islamist Hamas had stolen aid deliveries from trucks and taken them away in their cars, sometimes at gunpoint. Israel had repeatedly expressed concern that humanitarian aid supplies for the population in the Gaza Strip could also fall into the hands of the terrorist organization.
The UN complains that less aid is reaching the south of the Gaza Strip due to the intense fighting. The number of trucks currently arriving is around 100 per day.
According to UNRWA, there are now almost 1.9 million internally displaced persons in the coastal strip - out of a total population of more than 2.2 million. The organization warns that it can no longer keep up with providing supplies to the inhabitants in view of the dramatic situation in the coastal strip.
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The ongoing Middle East war and tensions in the Gaza Strip have led to widespread distrust towards international aid organizations. Recently, angry civilians looted UN aid supplies from warehouses in the Gaza Strip, taking essential supplies like flour and rice. Additionally, reports suggest that looting of aid deliveries has also occurred at truck checkpoints, with some culprits even resorting to violent means to steal the supplies.
Source: www.ntv.de
