Thousands of desperate Gazans have broken into aid warehouses to obtain flour and basic survival items in what the UN has called a “worrying sign” that civil order is breaking down in the strip.

Footage from Khan Younis in southern Gaza showed people carrying boxes and large bags out of a warehouse on Sunday, filled with food items like flour and basic hygiene supplies.

 

The United Nations’ Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said people in Gaza are “scared, frustrated and desperate” after three weeks of Israel’s relentless bombing and siege on the enclave.

 

“Tensions and fear are made worse by the cuts in the phones and internet communication lines,” UNRWA’s Gaza director Thomas White said. “They feel that they are on their own, cut off from their families inside Gaza and the rest of the world.”

 

The UN has said that more aid is urgently needed, citing hunger, water-borne diseases and dehydration. “The needs of the communities are immense, if only for basic survival, while the aid we receive is meagre and inconsistent,” Mr White added.

Juliette Toma, a spokesperson for UNRWA, which has lost 59 staffers in the bombardment, told The Independent the raided centres were located in the centre and south of Gaza, in areas where civilians have been ordered to evacuate to by Israel.

The massive displacement of people from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south has placed enormous pressure on those communities, adding further burden on crumbling public services. Some families received up to 50 relatives taking shelter in one household.

 

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Why doesn't Hamas, the defacto government of Gaza, do anything to help these people I wonder.  Perhaps release some of the stolen relief supplies they are storing in their underground bunkers, give some fuel that they use for terror rockets, release their kidnapped hostages in return for increased deliveries of relief aid?

 

Nah. That isn't the Hamas way.  They thrive on chaos, evil, and death. Whether it is their own people or their enemy who suffer.