'Civil order' is starting to break down in Gaza, warns UN agency, after thousands break into aid centers for food and supplies

Sun, 10/29/2023 - 09:34

Palestinians storm a UN-run aid supply center, that distributes food to displaced families following Israel's call for more than one million residents in northern Gaza to move south for their safety, in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. — Palestinians stormed a UN-run aid supply center in Deir al-Balah on Saturday.
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Palestinians broke into UN-run aid facilities on Saturday, taking basic food and medical supplies.
The incidents prompted the UN agency to warn that civil order is starting to break down in Gaza.
1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

Thousands of Palestinians have broken into several United Nations-run aid centers in search of basic survival items, prompting the organization to warn that civil order in the area was starting to break down.