"A historian who spent more than a month in Gaza at the turn of the year says he saw utterly convincing evidence that Israel supported looters who attacked aid convoys during the conflict. Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor of Middle East studies at France's prestigious Sciences Po university, entered Gaza in December where he was hosted by an international humanitarian organisation in the southern coastal zone of al-Mawasi. Israel has blocked international media and other independent observers from Gaza"
"In the book, Filiu describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting aid convoys. These permitted looters to seize huge quantities of food and other supplies destined for desperately needy Palestinians, he writes. Famine threatened parts of Gaza at the time, according to international humanitarian agencies. UN agencies at the time told the Guardian that law and order had deteriorated across Gaza since Israel began targeting police officers, who guarded aid convoys."
On-the-ground eyewitness observations in Gaza at the turn of the year recorded Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting aid convoys, enabling looters to seize large quantities of food and supplies intended for Palestinians. International media and independent observers were largely blocked from Gaza, while displaced populations crowded into al-Mawasi. UN and humanitarian agencies reported law-and-order deterioration and famine threats after police who guarded convoys were targeted. A convoy of sixty-six trucks carrying flour and hygiene kits attempted a new route from Kerem Shalom toward al-Mawasi amid repeated attacks and looting.
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