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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Tel Aviv and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

‘Desperate, traumatised people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence

Gaza is on the brink of catastrophe after two months of a total blockade by Israel, aid workers say, with many families down to one meal a day.
Gaza is on the brink of catastrophe after two months of a total blockade by Israel, aid workers say, with many families down to one meal a day. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Gaza has been hit by a wave of looting and theft as increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle to get food while criminal gangs exploit a breakdown in law and order.

Aid officials and witnesses in the devastated territory describe armed men attacking humanitarian warehouses, firefights over remaining food stores and a spate of stealing of supplies vital for survival, such as solar chargers, batteries, phones and cooking pots.

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