A large convoy of trucks carrying aid was “violently looted” in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and its drivers forced at gunpoint to unload supplies, the main United Nations agency that helps Palestinians said on Monday, calling it one of the worst such incidents of the war.

The agency said that the incident highlighted the “challenges of bringing aid into southern and central Gaza” despite months of attempts by aid agencies to help it arrive safely, and despite the urgency of the need. Earlier this month, a U.N.-backed panel said that all of Gaza faced a risk of famine between now and April, with the north at particular risk.

In much of Gaza, there are no police officers to prevent chaos as organized crime groups fill the vacuum. Their affiliations — whether to Gazan clans or armed groups like Hamas — are unclear.

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    List of countries that “England created,” according to givesomefucks:

    • Afghanistan
    • Australia
    • Bahrain
    • Belize
    • Botswana
    • Canada
    • Cyprus
    • Egypt
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iraq
    • Ireland
    • Israel
    • Jordan
    • Kenya
    • Kuwait
    • Libya
    • Myanmar
    • Nigeria
    • New Zealand
    • Pakistan
    • Palestine
    • Qatar
    • Sudan
    • UAE
    • USA
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
    • Probably others
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      I have no idea what you’re trying to say.

      But it’s sad to see someone act like this on a mod account. You’re setting a horrible example for other users.

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        They appear to be a Zionist. Their username literally means “god is great” in Hebrew.

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          That contextualizes their motivation to post this in a whole other light if true…

          “Look at these people (whose infrastructure we destroyed and who we have made desperate through starvation and inhumane treatment) acting so uncivilized (trying to get to the aid before we have a chance to destroy it)”

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      I’m also not sure what point you’re trying to make but it’s worth pointing out that “drawing borders” and “European colonization and ethnic cleansing / genocide” are very different degrees of fuckery and you’re conflating both types here.