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UN resumes aid distribution in Gaza Strip, which was suspended due to looting

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The United Nations resumed distributing humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza from the temporary pier set up by the United States on Friday, the first time aid has been delivered since June 9 following a pause for security reasons, according to a report by NBC citing two U.S. officials.

According to the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), over 8,831 tons of relief supplies were delivered through the pier for distribution by humanitarian organizations to Gaza residents. Last week alone, 4,535 tons were brought to Gaza.

The pier will be dismantled next month and moved to Ashdod after repeated disruptions due to high seas. Alternatives have been discussed between Israel, the US and the UN, with Ashdod seen as a viable option. American military officials and the Israeli Defense Forces conducted a trial run of delivering aid from the port overland to Gaza, which went off without incident.

Some 6,800 tons of aid have been waiting in Gaza for three weeks to be picked up and distributed by aid agencies. “I have never seen a more difficult or complex working environment for the humanitarian community,” said Doug Stropes, division chief of USAID’s Office of Humanitarian Assistance, adding that the looting of aid trucks now “seems to go beyond just self-distribution.”

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Hamas terrorists seized a truck delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year

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Stopes said the looting appeared to be organized. “Not in the sense of a large-scale organization, but there are organized elements that stop the trucks and take the goods,” he said.

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