from al Maydeen English
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed on Monday that the Israeli occupation military is allowing gunmen to loot aid trucks that are entering the Gaza Strip and take protection money from aid groups.
The newspaper noted that gunmen are obstructing the road used by a significant portion of trucks entering the Gaza Strip via the Karm Abu Salem crossing, an area fully controlled by the Israeli military, which has reportedly turned a blind eye and refrained from taking any action.
According to the newspaper, "Since some
of the aid groups refuse to pay protection money, the aid often ends up
sitting in warehouses that are under Israeli army control."
Sources
working in Gaza were quoted as saying that “the armed attacks take
place just a few hundred meters away from Israeli troops."
The Israeli occupation forces have referained from helping attack truck drivers, some aid groups said, adding that the occupation military "bars them from taking alternate roads that are considered safer."
The sources suggested that the looting
of aid trucks reflects the chaos in the Gaza Strip, which comes as a
result of the lack of effective civil authority, pointing out that the
remaining local police forces were attacked by the Israeli occupation
forces every time they tried to take action against the looters...
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