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« Civil order » is deteriorating in Gaza after weeks of siege and bombardment, with people breaking into warehouses to take survival essentials, according to United Nations agencies.
The UN World Food Programme said some of its aid supplies were looted in Gaza and warned of « growing hunger and desperation » in a news release Sunday. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said earlier Sunday that « thousands » of people had broken into some of its warehouses and distribution centers in the central and southern areas of the strip, « taking wheat flour and other basic survival items like hygiene supplies. »
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Emergency meeting: The United Arab Emirates, the only Arab country with a seat in the UN Security Council, will seek a binding resolution from other members for an « immediate humanitarian pause » in the fighting in Gaza during an emergency meeting Monday, sources said. Earlier this month, the United States vetoed a draft resolution at the council that called for a humanitarian pause.
Hospital hit: Israeli airstrikes have “caused extensive damage to hospital departments and exposed residents and patients to suffocation” at the Al-Quds Hospital, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Sunday, accusing Israel of “deliberately” launching the airstrikes next to Gaza City’s second-largest hospital « with the aim of forcing the medical staff, displaced people, and patients to evacuate.
