Gazans scramble to receive food, days after food aid trucks were looted

Crowds of Palestinians gathered on Tuesday (November 19) in front of a soup kitchen in Khan Younis to receive rice meals, amid shortage of food and supplies in Gaza.

Some condemned the looting of nearly 100 food aid trucks on Nov.16.
“We ask God to put an end to this phenomenon. We are living in anguish because of the occupation, and those who assist the occupation, and those whom we thought are our people but became bandits and thieves. I hope there will be an end to this phenomenon, in any possible way," said Hamza Saleh, a displaced Palestinian from northern Gaza.

Nearly 100 trucks carrying food for Palestinians were violently looted on Nov. 16 after entering Gaza in one of the worst aid losses during 13 months of war in the enclave, where hunger is deepening, two U.N. agencies told Reuters on Monday (November 18).

The convoy transporting food provided by U.N. agencies UNRWA and the World Food Programme was instructed by Israel to depart at short notice via an unfamiliar route from Kerem Shalom border crossing, said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA Senior Emergency Officer.

Ninety-eight of the 109 trucks in the convoy were raided and some of the transporters were injured during the incident, she said, without detailing who carried out the ambush.

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