UN says Hamas seized Gaza food aid and blankets
AP
04-Feb-2009 (2 comments)

JERUSALEM – A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.

Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels.

The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas.

Hamas has ruled Gaza since it seized control of the territory in 2007. Gunness said Wednesday this is the first time Hamas has seized U.N. aid.

Israeli officials have charged that the militant group routinely confiscates supplies meant for needy Gazans.

A Hamas government spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

 

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Mehdi Mazloom,   Thank

by Farhad Kashani on Wed Feb 04, 2009 09:54 PM PST

Mehdi Mazloom,

 

Thank you aziz, and you're right, we need to keep doing these things more and more.

Keep up the good work.


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Mehdi Mazloom

Farhad - Lets expose Hamas

by Mehdi Mazloom on Wed Feb 04, 2009 06:28 PM PST

Excellent post Farhad, lets expose to many good, honest and those gullible Iranians who support IRI the real ugly face of Hamas, and through them the despotic regime of Iran who support these thugs, who steal the food and dress from innocent children in Gaza..

Hamas had confiscated the goods to GIVE IT TO THEIR OWN MEMBERS FIRST, so they can bribe them to keep sporting this despotic group of leaders.

Never mind the need of the rest of the population who ended bearing the brunt of Israeli offensive.

Never mind those starving children whom Hamas purports to be defending.

 


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