Dozens of UN food trucks blocked and unloaded by Palestinians Gaza Strip With the bondage of despair, Israel has been locked up for months while talking about the advancement of a ceasefire.
The UN Food Program said on Saturday that 77 trucks carrying aid, mainly flour, were stopped by hungry people who took food away before the truck could reach its destination.
"After nearly 80 days of lockdown, the community has starved to death - they are no longer willing to watch food," the committee said in a statement. "This delivery is a start, but it is not enough."
Israeli blockade in Gaza has been underway for nearly three months, pushing nearly 2.3 million people to the brink of famine. Although Israel has allowed some aid to enter, while the pressure has eased slightly in recent days, the organization says food is not enough.
The United Nations calls Gaza "the hungry place on earth."
“To restore homes, ease fear and prevent further chaos, we must flood the community with food,” the committee said. “Only consistent large-scale aid can rebuild trust.”
A witness in the southern city of Khan Younis told the Associated Press that the UN convoy stopped at a temporary obstacle and unloaded among thousands of desperate civilians. Most people carry a bag of flour on their backs or heads. He said at one time, forklifts were used to unload pallets from stranded trucks. Witnesses spoke on anonymous because they feared retaliation.
Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a temporary ceasefire proposal that Israel has accepted. President Trump said negotiators are reaching a deal.
During the proposed 60-day ceasefire Draft deal obtained by CBS News It said Hamas will release the remains of 10 living hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including life sentences in some service, much-needed food aid and other aid.
The United Nations said earlier this month that Israeli authorities forced them to use unsecured routes in areas controlled by the Israeli military by Rafah and Khan Younis, where armed gangs were active and stopped trucks.
Israel's army did not immediately respond to comment.
Internal documents seen by the Associated Press about the security incident shared information about the security incident with aid groups, he said four incidents of robbery of facilities within three days in late May, excluding Saturday’s convoy.
The United Nations said it was not possible to obtain sufficient assistance due to the fight. On Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said it only picked up five trucks from the Palestinian side of the Kareem Shalom intersection, and the other 60 trucks had to return due to intense hostilities in the region.
An Israeli official said his country provided UN logistics and operational support, but “the UN was not done with the work.” Instead, new U.S. and Israel-backed foundations began operations in Gaza this week, distributing food at multiple locations amid a chaotic launch. Israel says Gaza Humanitarian Foundation It will replace large-scale aid operations carried out by the United Nations and others throughout the war.
It said the new mechanism was necessary, accusing Hamas of siphoning a massive aid. The United Nations denies a major shift.
Cindy McCain, executive director of the committee, told Last Sunday, “Facing the Country with Margaret Brennan” There is no evidence to support Israel's claim that Hamas is responsible for robbing its aid truck.
"These people were desperate, they saw a World Food Program truck coming, and they were fighting for it," she said. "It has nothing to do with Hamas or any kind of organized crime or anything else. It's just about the fact that these people starve to death."
Meanwhile, Israel will continue to carry out military campaigns in the Gaza region.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said at least 60 people were killed on strike in the past 24 hours. It said the three shots in the southern city of Rafa early Saturday morning. Three other people were killed, parents and a child when their car crashed into Canada.
The war began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and hijacking 250 hostages. Of the captured people, 58 remained in Gaza, but Israel believes 35 people died, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "doubt" about the fate of several others.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, the Israeli strike killed more than 54,000 Gaza residents, mainly women and children, and the ministry did not distinguish between civilians and combatants from its statistics.