The United Nations says 14 trucks in a 20-truck convoy carrying humanitarian aid were shot at and the food stolen in central Gaza, injuring three drivers.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells reporters the trucks collected aid from the newly opened Kissufim border crossing with Israel and were heading to a warehouse in Deir Al-Balah when the shots rang out.
He calls it a “law and order” episode — not the result of firing from either Hamas or Israeli troops. Dujarric says the six other trucks reached the warehouse.
“As we’ve said repeatedly, it is also critical that Israeli authorities facilitate the movement of aid workers and supplies across the Gaza Strip,” he says.
“For months we’ve been calling for the opening of more land routes, both into and within Gaza,” Dujarric says. “But we also need increased access and security assurances as well as more supplies so they can quickly reach all people across Gaza at necessary scale.”
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