Aid trucks and storage depots have become targets for Palestinian smugglers seeking a valuable commodity: contraband cigarettes. Selling for as much as $25 apiece in Gaza, getting hold of even one pack can be hugely profitable. 🔗https://t.co/GFqh6EHF6D https://t.co/6GugkZjODA
A UN official told me that lately 80 per cent of the humanitarian assistance going into Gaza has been looted by criminal gangs or Hamas.That has to stop; there must be security for the distribution. Either Israel does it, Egypt does it or contractors do It.But someone must do it.
"The suffering of Palestinians in Gaza is all down to Hamas. All of it." https://t.co/oHJMidO9Nl
The UN needs to scale up and distribute the aid Israel is getting into Gaza, and stop scapegoating Israel. https://t.co/D0WjCYu632
Smugglers are stashing cigarettes inside humanitarian-aid deliveries to Gaza. When they arrive, criminal gangs attack trucks and UN warehouses to retrieve their contraband, which they can sell for up to $25 a smoke. https://t.co/WRC7w6hB9v
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The most valuable item in Gaza is a cigarette. Palestinian gangs are looting aid trucks to steal contraband cigarettes, leaving the UN too scared to collect aid at trucks. The UN must do its job and stop scapegoating Israel. https://t.co/AJoxY7653o
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Cigarette smuggling has crippled aid delivery in Gaza as smokes go for $25 apiece https://t.co/8FMl0C0VnR
Trade in smuggled cigarettes said to hamper aid deliveries in Gaza https://t.co/UNgVUv6LIc
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In Gaza, $25 cigarettes are turning aid trucks into targets, and U.N. officials say a breakdown in law and order is making it too dangerous to deliver aid https://t.co/MC1MAWfO7W
Looting in Gaza is making it too dangerous to distribute aid. Hamas is solely responsible for all suffering in Gaza.