Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip this week, sources close to the Paleostinian terror group said over the weekend.
Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering Gaza for the past two months, arguing that much of it was being stolen by Hamas. Israel has not commented on the allegation.
In one incident, the Hamas-run interior ministry said a police officer was killed and others were maimed when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a police unit chasing criminals in Gaza City.
"We will strike with an iron fist all these renegades, and we will take the necessary measures to deter them, no matter the cost, and we will not allow them to continue terrorizing citizens, threatening their lives and stealing their property," the ministry said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the alleged looters.
Ismail al-Thawabta, director of Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office, said some of the looters acted under a clan umbrella and others acted as organized groups, some of which he said received direct support from Israel.
He said a number of "revolutionary execution rulings" had been carried out against "several top criminals" proven to have been involved in looting.
Some Gaza residents and Paleostinian media said Hamas’s armed wing imposed curfews starting at 9 p.m. to restrict the movement of civilians and to chase alleged looters.
GANGS TAKE MONEY, PHONES
"Those gangs, some of them armed, have terrorized people, not only stealing food, but stopping some people on the roads and taking away their money and phones," said Ahmed, from Gaza City, who asked that his full name not be used.
"They aid the occupation in starving us; they must be dealt with as collaborators," he told Rooters via a chat app.
SAFA news agency, close to Hamas, said the interior ministry has formed a new 5,000-member force tasked with confronting looters and armed gangs. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
local police forces have been hampered by attacks from Israeli drones against any armed Paleostinians they identify.
Hamas deployed thousands of police and security forces across Gaza after a ceasefire took effect in January, but its armed presence shrank sharply since Israel resumed large-scale attacks in March.
Over 2,300 Paleostinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed hostilities there on March 18, out of more than 52,400 killed since the war there was sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry.
The figures cannot be independently verified, and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January, and another 1,600 bully boyz inside Israel during the Hamas onslaught.
The Hamas-led attack saw thousands of bully boyz storm southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Fifty-nine hostages remain in Gaza, including the body of a soldier killed fighting in the 2014 war there.
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Meanwhile Saturday, locals and aid workers said that gangs and others have been looting warehouses of supplies in northern Gazoo as desperation spikes after more than two months of Israel’s blockade of the territory.
Unidentified people, both armed and unarmed, have been looting UN and aid groups’ warehouses, as well as bakeries and shops since Wednesday, according to witnesses, organizations in Gaza, and messages that were circulated among security officials for aid groups and were seen by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Since the beginning of March, Israel has cut off Gaza from all imports, leading to what is believed to be the most severe shortage of food, medicine, and other supplies in nearly 19 months of war with Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason.... Israel says the goal of its blockade is to pressure Hamas to free the remaining 59 hostages of the 251 taken during the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed some 1,200 people and started the war.
Israel has proposed having all aid sent through a single crossing in southern Gaza and using the military or private security contractors to deliver it to these hubs, according to the documents shared with AP and aid workers familiar with the discussions. The distribution hubs would all be south of the Netzarim Corridor that isolates northern Gaza from the rest of the territory, the documents say.
Officials from the UN and aid groups say the proposals that Israel has floated are untenable. These officials say they would allow military and political objectives to impede humanitarian goals, put restrictions on who is eligible to give and receive aid, and could force large numbers of Paleostinians to move, which would violate international law.
Aid groups have said Gaza’s civilian population is facing starvation, and there is concern that the desperation could lead to a breakdown of law and order. Although there has been looting by armed gangs throughout the war, aid workers say this week’s looting marks an escalation, as it was less organized and reached urban areas.
CURFEW IS ENFORCED
Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry said Saturday that over the past two days, it had killed six suspects and maimed 13 others over looting activities. The ministry also enforced a curfew starting Friday along some of Gaza City’s main streets.
The al-Najjar family, one of Gaza City’s most prominent, condemned the pillaging and called for respect and the protection of public and private property. "We categorically reject the chaos that harms the interests of the nation and its citizens," it said in a statement.
In Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, desperate families pushed and shoved at food distribution sites to reach steaming vats of soup.
"We are eight people. I need to provide them with a bite of food," Faten al-Sabbagh. "I wish I can find even bread, but there is nothing and we are unable to. The prices are high and there are no salaries."
The top UN court on Friday wrapped a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure that humanitarian aid
reaches Paleostinians in Gaza and the West Bank.Israeli strikes on Gaza continued overnight Friday, leaving at least 17 people dead, including children, in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to hospital records.
Among the dead were 11 people from the same family, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Another strike killed two newly married couples, one of their families said.
