Aid officials recount violent looting in Gaza as criminal gangs thrive amid Israeli bombardment

Recent attack on trucks carrying flour has deprived starving civilians of food as territory teeters on edge of famine

Aid officials and witnesses have described the chaotic and violent moments when a huge convoy carrying enough flour to bake bread for two-thirds of the population of Gaza for a week was looted this month.

The officials made clear the attack was undertaken by groups of criminals, not civilians who were now being deprived of food in a territory close to famine.

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