A Palestinian man sits amidst debris at Abdulfattah Hamoud school where displaced people were taking refuge, following an Israeli strike, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, June 25, 2024.GENEVA - Chaos is taking hold in Gaza as smuggling bands form and add to the difficulties in delivering aid, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said on Tuesday .
"Basically, we are confronted nowadays with a near total breakdown of law and order," UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told reporters, blaming in part an increase in gangs who are attacking aid trucks in the hopes of finding smuggled cigarettes stashed among aid supplies. "It's becoming more and more complicated ," he added.
Among the other challenges, he named a near-drought in gasoline supplies which brought the UNRWA vehicle fleet to a halt on Monday. Israel vets fuel shipments into Gaza and has long maintained that there is a risk they are diverted to Hamas. Israel, which launched its Gaza military operation after deadly Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct 7, says it has expanded efforts to facilitate aid flows into Gaza and blames aid agencies for distribution problems inside the enclave.
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