We have been warning a long time ago about the total breakdown of civil order. Until four or five months ago, we still had local capacity, people who were escorting the convoy. This has completely gone, which means we are in an environment where local gangs, local families are struggling among each other to take control of any business or any activities taking place in the south. Related to this incident, we had also hundreds of people who tried to storm into the Khan Younis vocational center because they thought that the food arrived there and people were so desperate to get to have the food, that they storm into the vocational training center. So there was absolutely nothing to take from the warehouses in Khan Younis.

Source: New York Times November 19, 2024 06:43 UTC