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and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
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BBC - November 25, 2024
<<Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza
Food prices soared in Gaza after the looting of nearly 100 UN aid
lorries this month
Amid severe food shortages in Gaza, increasingly violent thefts by
criminal gangs are now the main obstacle to distributing supplies in the
south, aid workers and locals say. They allege that armed men operate
within plain sight of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a restricted
zone by the border.
The BBC has learnt that Hamas - sensing an opportunity to regain its
faltering control - has reactivated a special security force to combat
theft and banditry.
Virtually no aid has reached besieged north Gaza in 40 days, UN says
Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says
Why are Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza?
After gangsters robbed nearly 100 UN lorries, injuring many of the
Palestinian drivers, on 16 November - one of the worst single losses of
aid during the war - a number of alleged looters were then killed in an
ambush.
A notorious Gazan criminal family then blocked the main Salah al-Din
Road leading from Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing point for two days last
week.
Witnesses said iron barriers were erected and lorries trying to access
the aid distribution point were fired at. "Law and order have broken
down in the area around the Kerem Shalom crossing, which remains the
main entry point of goods, and gangs are filling the power vacuum," says
Sam Rose, deputy director of Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian
refugees, in Gaza. "It's inevitable after 13 months of intense conflict
- things fall apart." Displaced Palestinians living in makeshift
shelters on Gaza's Mediterranean coast near Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
Heavy rains and high waves have flooded tented camps for displaced
Palestinians across Gaza, including Deir al-Balah. As the rainy winter
weather begins, humanitarian officials say solving the worsening
situation is critical to meet the huge, deepening needs of most of
Gaza's 2.3 million population - now displaced to the centre and south.
"It is tactical, systematic, criminal looting," says Georgios
Petropoulos, head of the UN's humanitarian office, Ocha, in Gaza.
He says this is leading to "ultra-violence" in all directions - "from
the looters towards the truckers, from the IDF towards the police, and
from the police towards the looters. There has been increased
lawlessness in Gaza since Israel began targeting police officers early
this year, citing their role in Hamas governance.Hamas's security
control dropped to under 20%," the former head of Hamas police
investigations told the BBC, adding: "We are working on a plan to
restore control to 60% within a month."
Some displaced Gazans in the south welcome the new Hamas efforts against
criminal gangs.
"Killing the thieves who stole aid is a step in the right direction,"
exclaims one man, Mohammed Abu Jared. However, others see them as a
cynical attempt to take control of lucrative black markets. "Hamas is
killing its competitors in stealing aid," says Mohammed Diab, an
activist in Deir al-Balah. "A big mafia has finished off a small mafia."
Aid agencies say there has been a stark increase in the number of
households experiencing severe hunger in central and southern Gaza. Many
see Hamas's attempts to take a lead against the criminality as the
direct consequence of Israels’ failure to agree on a post-war plan in
Gaza. There are currently no alternatives to replace the Islamist
movement and armed group which Israeli leaders pledged to destroy after
last year’s deadly 7 October attacks. The chaos comes at a time when aid
entering the Palestinian territory has dropped to some of the lowest
levels since the start of the war. While the threat of famine is
greatest in besieged parts of the north where Israel is conducting a
new, intense military offensive, in the south there are also major
shortages of food, medicines and other goods. "Prices of basic
commodities are sky-rocketing - a bag of flour costs more than $200
(£160), a single egg $15 - or else goods are simply not available," Sam
Rose of Unrwa says. Every day in the past week, Umm Ahmed has stood with
her children in a huge queue outside a bakery in Khan Younis in southern
Gaza, where ultimately some loaves are given out. "My children are very
hungry every day. We can't afford the basics. It's constant suffering.
No food, no water, no cleaning products, nothing," she says. "We don't
want much, just to live a decent life. We need food. We need goods to
come in and be distributed fairly. That's all we’re asking for."
Umm Ahmed
Umm Ahmed says her children are going hungry every day
The US has been pressing for Israel to allow more aid lorries into Gaza.
However, Israeli officials say that the main reason that their goal of
350 a day has not been reached is the inability of the UN and other
international aid agencies to bring enough lorries to the crossings. Aid
workers reject that. They are urgently calling for many entry
restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities to be lifted, and for
more crossing points to be opened and secured so they can collect and
distribute supplies. They say the breakdown in public order needs to be
addressed and that Israel, as an occupying power, is obliged to provide
protection and security. The BBC was told that thefts often happen in
clear sight of Israeli soldiers or surveillance drones - but that the
army fails to intervene. Stolen goods are apparently being stored
outside or in warehouses in areas under Israeli military control. The
IDF did not respond to BBC requests for comment on how it combats
organised looting and smuggling. It has previously insisted that it
takes countermeasures and works to facilitate the entry of aid. Early in
the war, as food became increasingly scarce, desperate Gazans were
sometimes seen stealing from incoming aid lorries. Soon, cigarette
smuggling became a huge business with gangs holding up convoys at
gunpoint after they arrived from Egypt's Rafah crossing and, after this
shut in May, Kerem Shalom. A cigarette packet can sell for exorbitant
amounts in Gaza: while a packet of 20 cost about 20 shekels ($5.40)
before the war, now a single cigarette can cost 180 shekels ($48.60).
Cigarettes are being found within the frames of wooden aid pallets and
inside closed food cans, indicating that there is a regional racket
involved in smuggling. For the past six weeks, the Israeli authorities
have banned commercial imports, arguing that these benefit Hamas. This
has added to the decrease in the supply of food, which is in turn
driving the rise in armed looting. Stolen goods, from flour to winter
shelters, sent as international donations and meant to be given as free
handouts to needy people can only be bought at extortionate prices on
Gaza's black market. Meanwhile, months’ worth of donated supplies are
being held back in Egypt due to hold-ups in aid delivery. In recent
days, local media reports are suggesting that Israel is now studying the
option of delivering aid to Gaza by means of a private, armed American
security contractor. While nothing has yet been officially announced,
aid workers are worried. Georgios Petropoulos of Ocha questions which
donor countries would want supplies distributed this way.
"How safe is it really going to be?" he asks: "I think it will be a
vector for more bloodshed and violence." >>
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qevdpzvqo
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