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Large UN Aid Convoy ‘Violently Looted’ After Entering Gaza—Of Course, Israel Is Being Blamed

Large UN Aid Convoy ‘Violently Looted’ After Entering Gaza—Of Course, Israel Is Being Blamed

As United Nations groups try to provide aid to Gaza, they have run up against violent resistance.

This from thegatewaypundit.com.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) posted to social media platform X on Monday, saying a 109-truck convoy was “violently looted.” The post continued, having said:

The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost

and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid.

While that in itself is clearly awful for the innocent people who desperately need help, there is another facet to this development, in that:

[B]oth the UNRWA and the New York Times

are somehow blaming Israel.

The UNRWA’s post is ambiguous concerning the culprits, but if the convoy was in Gaza, individuals affiliated with Hamas are likely, or at the very least more likely to be involved than Israel.

Note the last two paragraphs of the post above.

Without immediate intervention, severe food shortages are set to worsen, further endangering the lives of over 2 million people who depend on humanitarian aid to survive.

And the direction of blame, the UNRWA concluded by saying:

The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations under international law to ensure the population’s basic needs are met and to facilitate the safe delivery of aid. Such responsibilities continue when trucks enter the #GazaStrip, until people are reached with essential assistance.

The reasoning is suspect in pinning the blame on Israel—UNRWA said twice in the message the convoy was physically in Gaza.

Should, perhaps, Hamas be asked questions about the looting instead?

The New York Times reported on comments by UNRWA Spokeswoman Louise Wateridge, who described the situation as being:

[A]t a stage where we’re seeing people literally fighting over a bag of flour.

Wateridge tried to clarify Israel’s role, having said:

Authorities continue to restrict a huge amount of the humanitarian response. Everything here is being strangled—food, flour, water—everything.

Authorities? Assumptions do not provide clarification, Ms. Wateridge.

The Times wrote following those comments:

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the episode.

Why would they? Obviously, whether they are associated or disassociated with the caravan being “violently looted” Israel will be ascribed guilt.

Does The Times expect Israel to have a response for something that happened to truckloads of aid while it was in Gaza—a neighboring entity?

The article mentioned what the UNRWA had already said: They don’t know who’s responsible.

But, of course, UNRWA knows who looted the convoy.

Social media users raised the obvious questions in comments to the UNRWA post. Many individuals asked why the UNRWA failed to blame Hamas.

One of them asked:

The convoy was looted by who?

The drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid by who?

The aid that Israel is providing, is not being delivered because of who?

He then answered his own question:

Hamas. Which includes @UNRWA employees.

Further:

Why are you letting people assume it was someone else?

And:

Name them. Hamas.

Another individual pointed out how Israel seems to get blamed and criticized no matter how it responds.

He said:

When Israeli soldiers tried to stop the looting by shooting the armed looters, UNRWA falsely accused Israel of shooting at UN convoys.

 

Again, if the responsible parties are not known, how is this Israel’s fault?

If Gazans are going to get help, those in charge in Gaza need to ensure aid arrives without thugs taking it at gunpoint.