Thousands of people stormed warehouses and distribution centers of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRWA) in the central and southern Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, and They took the supplies stored thereThe humanitarian agency announced this Sunday.

He stated that these people took wheat flour and other “survival” items such as hygiene kits, and that one of the raided warehouses in Deir el-Balah, located in the center of the sector, contained goods that had arrived as part of humanitarian convoys from Egypt.

In a statement, UNRWA Director of Gaza Affairs Thomas White noted that “This is a worrying sign that civil order is breaking down.” after three weeks of war and a strict siege of Gaza.”

“People are scared, frustrated and desperate.. Tensions and fears are exacerbated by the loss of telephone and internet lines. “They feel alone, cut off from their families in Gaza and the rest of the world,” he lamented.

UNRWA emphasized in its note that the massive movement of people from the north to the south of the sector put “enormous pressure” on southern communities, which adds further burden to already deteriorating public services.

According to the agency, today About 80 trucks with humanitarian aid arrived in the Gaza Strip last week through the Rafah checkpoint on the border with Egypt.

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However, this help is not enough taking into account that before the war hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid passed through here every day.

UNRWA currently manages the receipt and storage of this assistance in the Palestinian enclave and indicated that no convoy would be able to enter on Saturday due to a communications blackout.

This Sunday, Palestinian telecommunications company Jawwal announced that Internet and telephone communications are gradually being restored in the Gaza Stripafter they were interrupted on Friday by the expansion of Israeli army ground operations.

Israel and Hamas have been at war since October 7.The Palestinian Islamist group attacked Israel and killed 1,400 people, wounded about 5,000 and took 230 hostages to Gaza.

In response, Israel has been bombing the Gaza Strip ever since. and since Friday he has been attacking with tanks inside the sector, which has caused some 7,700 Palestinians were killed and nearly 19,000 were injured.

(EFE)