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The UN humanitarian organization said the warehouse of a World Food Program in Central Gaza was looted during a chaos when at least two were killed, the UN humanitarian organization said.
The footage is shared on social media, and confirmed by UN officials, hundreds of “hungry people. In search of food” showed in an inside WFP The warehouse on Wednesday, the boxes that were torn, said “was pre-located for distribution.”
The second day of civil disorder involved in Deir al-Balah Rare food supply In Gaza, almost three months later, the blockade of Israeli siege brought the entire Chitmahal to the edge of the famine. Israeli troops used live fire to control the crowd of Palestinian families on Tuesday, which almost overwhelmed a food distribution site on the first day of the operation.
The UN OHCHR Human Rights Office said at least 47 people were injured when they tried to get assistance on Tuesday. The WFP said several people were also injured in Wednesday’s incident, and were still investigating the preliminary reports that two people were killed during his warehouse chaos.
The WFP said after the looting incident, “Gaza needs immediate steps to food assistance,” it has blamed for disappointment due to Israel’s siege after the looting incident. “They are the only way to reassure people who are not starving” ”
Hunger between 2.5 million people and foods in Gaza is so widespread that human companies are concerned that the chaos can be deepened, especially the Israel-backed Gaza Human Foundation stumbles in its first week of operations in its first week.
GHF, which has been champions as a replacement of decades of humanitarian assistance in Israel and the United States to Gaza, said they were able to open a second site in the south on Wednesday
The agency says it has distributed about 800,000 meals in its first two days.
Most of the humanitarian companies have been boycotted with the experience of Gaza because of the model of food supply. Its foreign tenant protects backstop food conveys and distribution sites by Israeli forces.
Several senior leaders of the GHF have gone this week, mentioning at least one of the “humanitarian policies” disability. The location of its food distribution sites in the southern part of the Chitmahal is also feared that Israel will use food to tempt hungry Palestinians in the south, resulting in widespread displacement.
“There are many groups who want to see GHF failed,” the Foundation said. “Their goal is to force them to return to a stability, even if it means to risk the life -saving assistance of the people in Gaza.”
Under intense international pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjasin Netanyahu allowed a small amount of UN-ran system to assist in entering Gaza last week. So far, less than 900 trucks have been allowed in the last ten days, the October 700 before the Hamas attack on Israel trigger the latest conflict in October 2021 compared to the flow of the on -of.
“It is comparable to a lifeboat after the ship sinks,” UN Special Coordinator Cigrid Kag told the Protection Council on Wednesday for the Middle East peace process.
Furthermore, Israeli military operations have been so intense that human workers have been able to run around 200 trucks to warehouse only to distribute from border checkpoints, a UN official said.
Avichai Adrei, a spokesman for the Israeli military, claims without proof that the footage showed that Hamas had hidden food from the Gazans, though the WFP confirmed that the benefit was included in the agency.
Israel has moved to the United Nations to cut humanitarian assistance in Gaza, with concerns about theft of Hamas.
However, UN and other companies say they have never been presented with any evidence that militant groups provide any orchestrated or broad ways.
