Israeli army tanks patrol the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. More than 80 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced and are heavily reliant on UN aid.
LARNACA, CYPRUS Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday.
Truck drivers are getting caught in the crossfire or have their cargo seized by marauding “gang-like” groups, said Doug Strope, with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The sense of desperation gripping ordinary Palestinians is only compounded by the combination of Gaza being an active combat zone and a prevailing “general sense of lawlessness,” Stropes said.
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