Desperation escalates along with war’s intensity as thousands break into UN aid warehouses in Gaza
Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take food and “basic survival items,” a U.N. agency said on October 29, in a mark of growing desperation and the breakdown of public order three weeks into the war between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers. Tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza on October 28 as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a “second stage” in the war. The widening ground offensive came as Israel pounded the territory from air, land, and sea. The bombardment — described by Gaza residents as the most intense of the war —...
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