Fifteen aid lorries from the World Food Programme (WFP) have been looted in the south of the Gaza Strip, the United Nations agency said on Friday.
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The WFP stated that the looting occurred on Thursday evening, when the transporters were on their way to bakeries supported by the programme.
The agency did not provide details on who stole the deliveries, while Israel has not yet commented on the incident.
“Hunger, desperation, and anxiety over whether more food aid is coming, is contributing to rising insecurity,” said a WFP statement.
“We need support from the Israeli authorities to get far greater volumes of food assistance into Gaza faster, more consistently, and transported along safer routes, as was done during the ceasefire.”
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Some bakeries in Deir al-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip and in Khan Younis in the south have recently resumed baking bread with delivered flour. However, aid workers warn that the delivered amounts of aid are far from sufficient.