Armed Hamas police broke into a Gaza warehouse in Gaza City Tuesday evening and confiscated 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels ready for distribution to 500 families. The U.N. demanded the items be returned, but Hamas refused to return them.
They were armed and took the items by force. Ahmad Kurd, the Hamas official in charge of the ministry, did not deny the aid was seized. Kurd said the U.N. was giving the aid to local groups with ties to Hamas opponents. Mkhaimar Abusada, a professor at the Fatah-linked al-Azhar University in Gaza City, said Hamas probably took the supplies to distribute them more widely than the U.N., which supports only refugees. This is a very unfortunate situation for many who were counting on receiving aid from the UN. The UN is accepting donations to help those families in need and expecting the Hamas to return the items.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I don't really think Hamas will return the items anytime soon. This is an unfortunate situation and I hope it works out soon.
Post a Comment