UN suspends aid deliveries through main Gaza crossing

The biggest UN agency providing aid to Palestinians has said it is suspending deliveries through the main crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns.

The head of Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said two recent convoys had been looted by armed gangs near the Kerem Shalom crossing and called on Israel to maintain law and order. Israel has previously said that it facilitates the passage of aid into Gaza and accused Hamas of hijacking and stealing deliveries. Kerem Shalom is the main route for delivering aid to the more than two million people in Gaza, which the UN has warned is on the brink of famine. Recent weeks have seen a series of increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs, which aid workers have said are now the main obstacle to the distribution of supplies.
On 16 November, a convoy of 109 lorries carrying food was attacked by masked men who held the drivers at gunpoint before stealing 97 of the lorries.
A notorious Gazan criminal family later blocked the main road leading away from Kerem Shalom for two days, erecting iron barriers and reportedly firing on lorries trying to access an aid distribution point. Aid workers and locals have also alleged that armed men operate within plain sight of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a restricted zone at the Israel-Gaza border. Announcing the pause in deliveries, Mr Lazzarini said the road away from the crossing "has not been safe for months", citing the theft of five more lorries on Saturday as well as the incident last month. The announcement also followed the death of three people employed by World Central Kitchen (WCK), a food charity, and two others in an Israeli strike on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ln5592v46o

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