Footage from Gaza shows hundreds of people breaking into warehouse, stealing flour

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Palestinians carry bags of flour after storming a UN World Food Program warehouse in Zawaida, Central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians carry bags of flour after storming a UN World Food Program warehouse in Zawaida, Central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Footage circulating on social media shows hundreds of Gazans breaking into a large warehouse storing bags of flour and other humanitarian supplies earlier today, and looting the site.

According to reports, the warehouse is situated along Salah al-Din Road, which runs through the Strip, in the Al-Maghazi area of central Gaza.

One Telegram channel critical of Hamas claims that the warehouses belong to the terror group, but this has not been independently confirmed.

Both the Hamas-run local government in Gaza and UNRWA later put out a statement claiming that the warehouse belonged to the UN’s World Food Program, and not Hamas.

 

 

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