Al Jazeera: Palestinians break into Gaza UN aid warehouses as toll tops 8,000
Thousands of people storm food warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic needs in a mark of growing desperation.
The United Nations relief agency says thousands of Palestinians, desperate due to three weeks of total siege and bombing, broke into several of its warehouses in the Gaza Strip, taking wheat, flour and other basic goods.
“This is a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and a tight siege,” said Thomas White, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.
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United Nations Says Civil Order Is Breaking Down In Gaza
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Gaza residents raid food warehouses as ‘civil order’ disintegrates, UN says -- Politico
Civil order in Gaza 'starting to break down' as food stores ransacked: UN -- CNA/AFP
UN warns ‘civil order’ declining in Gaza as thousands take basics from warehouses -- CNN
Civil order ‘starting to break down’ in Gaza as people raid UN warehouses -- The Guardian
Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive -- The Hill
Gazans plunder UNRWA food supplies as ‘civil order’ breaks down in war-torn Strip -- Times of Israel