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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Aid officials recount violent looting in Gaza as criminal gangs thrive amid Israeli bombardment

A truck carrying bags of flour
The attack on 17 November was the most serious after months of escalating violence. The UN estimates a third of its aid entering Gaza is looted. Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA

Aid officials and witnesses have described the chaotic and violent moments when a huge convoy carrying enough flour to bake bread for two-thirds of the population of Gaza for a week was looted this month.

The officials made clear the attack was undertaken by groups of criminals, not civilians who were now being deprived of food in a territory close to famine.

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