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Almost a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza - and warns of chaos
Almost a hundred aid vehicles were stolen in Gaza, while the UN warns of a collapse of public order. The situation intensifies with dramatic food bottlenecks.
Almost a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza - and warns of chaos
Almost a hundred auxiliary transporters were on Saturday in southern gaza what was looted by the Unz-Agency for Palestinian refugees, as" one of the worst "events Art is classified.
Details of the incident
of the 109 trucks that transported food for the UNRWA and the world nutrition program via the Kerem Shalom border crossing to Gaza, according to Unrwa, 97 trucks were "lost" in the looting. The drivers were forced to unload the trucks under the threat of violence, auxiliary workers were injured and the vehicles suffered significant damage.
causes of looting
Unrwa made no specific information about the perpetrators, but set the "collapse of law and order" and the "attitude of the Israeli authorities" in connection with this dangerous situation. The challenges in the delivery of relief goods to Gaza have become "increasingly insurmountable", whereby the trucks are often stopped at various checkpoints, often looted or increasingly attacked.
warnings before the collapse of civil order
"We have been warning of the total collapse of the civil order for a long time. Until four or five months ago we still had the local capacity that accompanied convoys. That no longer exists," said Unrwa director Philippe Lazzarini at a press conference in Geneva on Monday.
Current situation in Gaza
The Hamas-controlled AL-AQSA-TV, which refers to information from the Interior Ministry of GAZA, claims that the Gaza security forces had more than 20 people who were involved in the looting of the auxiliary trucks, according to the information.tightening bottlenecks
The attack on the auxiliary convoy, which according to UN Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric is "in relation to the volume" of the worst of its kind, takes place against the background of warnings of the UN that the already difficult bottlenecks in food and relief goods in Gaza are worse without immediate intervention. Civilians who have fled the north of Gazas report a chronic And people who die from hunger.
claims and the aid organizations
On Thursday, a UN special committee performed in a report The accusation that Israel used hunger as a method of war - an accusation that was rejected by Cogat, the Israeli authority, which was approved to Gaza aid deliveries. However, Israel emphasizes that the number of auxiliary transporters who came to Gaza has risen and that "work tirelessly" to bring help to the enclave.
The role of the Unrwa in Gaza
The attack on the convoy also takes place in the context of the deteriorating relationships between Israel and Unrwa. The agency's ability to provide help to Gaza was affected last month when the Israeli Parliament decided to banish the agency , which is expected to be in the regions occupied by Israel and East Jerusalems will be severely restricted. This new law requires that all contacts between Israeli officials and the UN agency will be stopped by the end of January.
international warnings and the human price
Unrwa director Lazzarini expressed the concern of the UN about the new law and warned that there was no other agency that could take on the role of Unrwa in supporting the Palestinians. "Our staff in the region is deeply concerned and anxious about what could happen," he said.
about the civilian population in Gaza
In the meantime, the civilians in Gaza continue to suffer serious consequences from Israeli attacks. On Monday, Israeli air strikes killed at least 50 people, including 17 members of a single family, as the local Ministry of Health confirmed.Most of the killed were in Nordgaza, including the 17 family members who died in the city of Beit Lahiya. Dr. Munir al-Bursh, the general director of the ministry, stated that the deceased members of the family of Hani Badran, a cardiologist who worked in the Kamal Adwan Hospital at the time of the attack.
The director of the hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya said that everyone present in Badran's house was killed at the time of the attack. "This scenario is now almost constantly repeated. Very targeted attacks, with grenades of tanks," said Safiya.
dr. Safiya said that the patients in the hospital were fulfilled by "fear and terror" and added: "We are now appealing to the world. This killing machine has to be stopped, the bombing must be ended."
CNN has contacted the attack on the hospital with the Israeli military, which had previously stated that it operates "against terrorist infrastructure and actors" in Beit Lahiya.
CNNS Ruba Alhenawi, Kareem Khadder and Abeer Salman contributed to this report.