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United Nations Says 89% Of Their Gaza Aid Trucks Have Been Looted Since May

According to United Nations data, 88.7% of the organization’s aid trucks have been looted in Gaza since May 19.

Data shared by the United Nations’ 2720 Mechanism for Gaza show that of the 2,604 trucks that collected aid at border crossings, 2,310 were intercepted “peacefully by hungry civilians or forcefully by armed actors,” during transit.

Only 300 trucks, just 11.5%, successfully reached their intended destinations.

A spotlight on the data comes as Israel continues to face allegations of blocking aid to Gaza. UN figures show that Israel approved 112 aid requests in June and denied 38.

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A video obtained by The Daily Wire shows a chaotic scene in southern Gaza last month, as more than a dozen UN aid trucks enter a dense crowd along the Morag route. As the convoy attempts to pass through, a mob swarms the vehicles, climbing aboard and looting the supplies.

Of the 44,650 tons offloaded at the crossings, UN trucks have picked up only 35,968 tons. This leaves 8,682 tons of aid sitting in the sun awaiting transport — a situation heavily criticized by both Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which accuse the UN of failing to efficiently distribute its aid.

Due to the bottleneck and constant looting of UN trucks, GHF has repeatedly offered to help the UN distribute aid, but the offer has gone unanswered. Instead, the UN has continued to vilify the group.

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GHF hit a milestone last week by distributing its 100 millionth meal since launching operations to feed Gazan civilians on May 26.

According to GHF, their aid boxes include enough food to feed a family of 5.5 three times a day for 3.5 days. Items vary depending on availability, cost, and other factors, but are built off of similar ingredient lists used by other humanitarian groups.

GHF is responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s aid initiative, which aims to deliver humanitarian aid directly to Gazan civilians while preventing Hamas from intercepting supplies — a challenge that has persisted since the war began.

On Monday, Trump said that he does not believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

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“I don’t think it’s that. They’re in a war,” Trump responded to a reporter who asked him if he’s seen evidence of genocide in Gaza.

Trump added that the United States is making serious efforts to help get goods into Gaza.

“We’re putting up money to get the people fed,” he said, likely referring to the GHF site. “We don’t want people going hungry, and we don’t want people to starve.”

Israel has denied that there is mass starvation in the Gaza Strip, and has vowed to help increase food aid.

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad recently released videos of severely-malnourished hostages, including one of Evyatar David, who the terror organization forced to dig his own grave.

“This is the grave I think I’m going to be buried in. Time is running out,” David said in the video.

Hamas claimed that the hostages were receiving the same amount of food as the general population in Gaza. However, a moment in the propaganda video appeared to contradict that assertion, showing the muscular arm of a Hamas terrorist handing a can to the visibly emaciated David.

Hamas has reportedly barred the Red Cross from delivering food to hostages unless Israel permanently opens humanitarian corridors and suspends all air traffic during such deliveries, the Jerusalem Post reported.

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