UN: Israel Denied 90 Percent of Aid Deliveries to North Gaza in November
PALESTINE - ISRAEL, 2 Dec 2024
The Cradle - TRANSCEND Media Service
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The Israeli army is accused of allowing criminal gangs in Gaza to steal aid as Palestinians continue to starve.
27 Nov 2024 – Israel “outright denied” 82 out of 91 attempts since 26 October to deliver aid to besieged areas in northern Gaza, said Georgios Petropoulos, head of the UN humanitarian office in Gaza.
More attempts were unsuccessful because of “denials of specific locations or specific supplies,” he said in a statement reported by The Washington Post on 26 November.
The aid that has reached Gaza is being looted by criminal gangs, which are able to operate freely after Israel began killing members of the Gaza police attempting to secure aid deliveries earlier this year.
“It is tactical, systematic, criminal looting,” Petropoulos told the BBC.
He says this is leading to “ultra-violence” from “the looters towards the truckers, from the IDF towards the police, and from the police towards the looters.”
“Hamas’ security control dropped to under 20 percent,” the former head of Hamas police investigations told the BBC.
“We are working on a plan to restore control to 60 percent within a month.”
The BBC was told that “thefts often happen in clear sight of Israeli soldiers or surveillance drones but that the army fails to intervene.”
“Stolen goods are apparently being stored outside or in warehouses in areas under Israeli military control,” the BBC wrote.
As a result, hunger and malnutrition among Palestinians are increasing.
“My children are very hungry every day. We can’t afford the basics. It’s constant suffering. No food, no water, no cleaning products, nothing,” Gaza resident Umm Ahmed told the BBC.
“We don’t want much, just to live a decent life. We need food. We need goods to come in and be distributed fairly. That’s all we’re asking for.”
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