Many hungry people in the Gaza Strip stopped, stormed in and plundered 77 trucks, on their way from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to the distribution center, the Rome-based agency released on Platform X on Saturday.
“After nearly 80 days of lockdown, the community has starved to death – they are no longer willing to watch food,” the statement said.
“Restore hope, alleviate fear and prevent further chaos, we must flood the community with food – now. Only consistent large-scale aid can rebuild trust.”
WFP noted that it has the ability to do so: “WFP has enough food to feed all 2.2 [million] People lasted for two months,” the post on X further stated.
However, this requires a secure transportation route in the Gaza Strip, a faster approval process from Israel and eventually a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, which has been underway for nearly 20 months.
After months of lockdown of aid delivery, Israel has allowed a small amount of goods to enter the sealed coastal areas.
The lockdown aims to increase pressure on the Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement to release its remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. In addition, the government accused Hamas of stealing aid goods to make money, which Hamas denied.
