Four killed as Palestinians storm UN Gaza aid warehouse in search of food
28 May 2025, 20:47
Four people have died after hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations warehouse in Gaza in a desperate search for food supplies.
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Two people were crushed while two others died from gunshot wounds, health officials said.
It came as crowds descended on a World Food Programme warehouse in central Gaza earlier on Wednesday.
Women and children also sustained injuries from gunshot wounds, a Red Cross field hospital said.
Large parts of the crowd could be seen carrying large bags of flour while tried to force their way into the warehouse.
A UN envoy compared the limited aid being allowed into Gaza to “a lifeboat after the ship has sunk”. Sigrid Kaag, the acting UN special coordinator for the Middle East, told the UN security council that people facing famine in Gaza “have lost hope”.
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Israel had previously blocked any humanitarian aid, including food, water and medical supplies, from entering Gaza for three months.
Prime Minister lifted to the block to allow a "basic quantity of food" in to prevent a “starvation crisis”, basing this"on the operational need to enable the expansion of the military operation to defeat Hamas."
This week, militant group Hamas ordered Palestinians to stay away from vital aid delivered by a US-backed organisation.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which has ties to both the Israeli and US governments, has been approved by Israel to take over aid deliveries inside the Strip, despite strong opposition from the UN and most aid groups.
The Hamas-linked Home Front published a statement which said: “Do not go to Rafah ...Do not fall into the trap...Do not risk your lives. Your homes are your fortress. Staying in your neighbourhoods is survival, and awareness is your protection.
“These schemes will be broken by the steadfastness of a people who do not know defeat.”
Netanyahu said today that Israel has killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar.
Sinwar was the younger brother of the group's former leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by the IDF last year, and the de facto leader in Gaza.
Speaking to parliament on Wednesday, Netanyahu included Mohammed in a list of Hamas leaders killed in strikes.
Israel targeted Sinwar in a set of strikes on the European hospital in Khan Younis last week. The attack killed 28 Palestinians and wounded over 50 others, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
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