International and local organizations began on Thursday morning, June 26, 2025, distributing 50-kilogram bags of flour and food parcels to residents in Gaza City and the northern part of the Strip. This comes after the safe arrival of the aid shipments to warehouses yesterday, without being looted or stolen, under the direct protection of Palestinian clans and families.
Photos and video footage showed residents lining up at ANERA warehouses in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, west of Gaza City, to receive flour bags and food parcels.
On Wednesday, Palestinian clans helped secure the arrival of humanitarian aid trucks to World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses in Gaza City, amid fears of looting by gangs that, according to local sources, operate “under the protection of the Israeli army.”
Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to devise a plan within 48 hours to stop what they claimed was Hamas’s control over the aid.
In a joint statement, Netanyahu and Katz claimed the directive came “following information indicating that Hamas is regaining control over aid entering the northern Gaza Strip and stealing it from civilians.”
In response, the High Committee for Tribal Affairs in Gaza issued a statement saying: “The Gaza clans strongly reject the malicious allegations made by the occupation, which aim to distort the facts and sow chaos in the Strip.”
The committee emphasized that “all aid is fully secured under its direct supervision and is being distributed exclusively through international organizations.”
The committee called on the UN Security Council to “urgently dispatch a delegation to inspect the aid distribution process on the ground and verify its transparency and proper conduct.”
It also stressed that “the aid that has entered Gaza so far is merely a drop in the ocean compared to the population’s immense needs.”