The convoy was travelling through southern Gaza on Saturday when the UN's Palestinian aid agency UNRWA says it was set upon by armed gunmen.
UNRWA has not shared who carried out the looting but placed responsibility for the protection of aid convoys on the Israel i Government.One-hundred and nine trucks carrying much needed food and supplies into southern Gaza were set upon by armed looters, according to the UN.
"The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid," UNRWA said in a statement on social media. It directed enquiries to the Israeli agency which coordinates operations in Gaza, known as COGAT, which did not provide an immediate response to questions.
"Due to critical shortages of flour, all eight UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis have been operating at diminished capacity for weeks," it said.Photo shows Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency aid, in Rafah Humanitarians have rejected those claims, accusing the IDF of making it too difficult to safely transport aid through Gaza.The looting comes around two months before UNRWA is to be banned from operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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