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Almost 100 Aid Trucks in Gaza Looted by Armed Men

Almost 100 Aid Trucks in Gaza Looted by Armed Men

Above: Palestinians wait for their falafel orders at a makeshift takeaway spot in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 19, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Image copyright: Majdi Fathi/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Facts

  • The UN's primary agency for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that almost 100 trucks of aid were violently looted on Saturday shortly after crossing into Gaza from Israel, the worst such incident since the war began. UNRWA did not specify who carried out the looting.

  • Witnesses reported that masked men armed with guns and grenades attacked the convoy of 109 trucks, looting 97 of them. The UNRWA blamed the "total breakdown of civil order" in Gaza, adding that it had "become an impossible environment to operate in."


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