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| Report: Most aid trucks from Egypt to Gaza looted and sold in markets on 1st day of ‘humanitarian pauses’ |
| 2025-07-29 |
| [IsraelTimes] More than half the Egyptian aid trucks that entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday were looted by unknown actors and their contents later sold in local markets, according to a report in UK-based, Qatari-owned newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Out of 130 trucks, 73 of them were looted near the Morag Axis, which separates Rafah from Khan Younis and is controlled by the IDF, the report says. Just 37 trucks arrived at the warehouses of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Egyptian Committee aid group, according to the report. Another 20 trucks are said to have been returned by Israel to the Rafah border crossing for reasons unclear. There is no immediate comment from the IDF. Sunday marked the first time Egypt sent aid into Gaza via the Rafah crossing since Israel took control of it in May 2024. It was the first day of Israel’s new aid policy, under which 10-hour “humanitarian pauses” are held in the fighting to let in more aid. The policy was adopted amid mounting international pressure over the hunger crisis in Gaza. In an interview with The Times of Israel earlier this week, former US humanitarian envoy David Satterfield said that unlike UN aid which is largely accounted for, assistance from the Red Crescent societies is more susceptible to theft by Hamas and criminal gangs. “The chain of custody from inspection by Israel to distribution sites maintained and documented by the UN and the major international organizations was and is carefully done, as these organizations are all accountable to the funding states, including the US,” Satterfield said. “While looting and self-distribution disrupt this accountability, the majority of all assistance entered into Gaza by these actors has been accounted for,” he continued. “Palestine Red Crescent Society assistance, in contrast, has zero international accountability.” |
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