STORY: Armed personnel distributed aid to Palestinians at a militarised distribution point in central Gaza, as Israel's blockade nears 80 days.

Video footage from the United Nations showed Palestinians travelling through barbed wire corridors to reach the aid distribution point, which was being policed by armed officials.

Israel imposed a blockade on all supplies entering the enclave at the beginning of March in an effort to weaken Hamas and has found itself under increasing pressure from an international community shocked by the desperate humanitarian situation the blockade has created.

On Saturday (May 31), aid groups said dozens of World Food Programme trucks carrying flour to Gaza bakeries had been hijacked by armed groups and subsequently looted by people desperate for food after weeks of mounting hunger.

The United Nations said on Friday the situation in Gaza is the worst since the start of the war 19 months ago, with the entire population facing the risk of famine despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries earlier this month.

Israel has been allowing a limited number of trucks from the World Food Programme and other international groups to bring flour to bakeries in Gaza but deliveries have been hampered by repeated incidents of looting.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: NETZARIM CORRIDOR, GAZA (MAY 29, 2025) (OCHA / UNIFEED - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERED TO COLLECT AID

2. PALESTINIANS TRAVELLING THROUGH BARBED WIRE CORRIDORS AHEAD OF MILITARISED DISTRIBUTION POINTS

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN AT AID DISTRIBUTION POINT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: (AUDIO AS INCOMING)

"Shame on them, we have never reached this point before. Why is this happening? Why did we reach this point? My son has not had bread in four days.”

4. PALESTINIANS TRAVELLING THROUGH BARBED WIRE CORRIDORS AHEAD OF MILITARISED DISTRIBUTION POINTS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN AT AID DISTRIBUTION POINT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: (AUDIO AS INCOMING)

"Where do we turn to? No food, no water, nothing. I'm waiting on my kids. People are stealing from each other now.”

6. ARMED PERSONNEL AT MILITARISED DISTRIBUTION POINT

7. VARIOUS OF ARMED PERSONNEL STANDING BY VEHICLE AT DISTRIBUTION POINT

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN MAN AT AID DISTRIBUTION POINT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING:

“I walked a long distance, from near the sea. From Nuseirat to here and look at us. We’re leaving with nothing. Going back empty handed.”

9. VARIOUS OF ARMED PERSONNEL AND PALESTINIANS AT AID DISTRIBUTION POINT

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN WOMAN AT AID DISTRIBUTION POINT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: (AUDIO AS INCOMING)

“I swear I’m starving. I swear to God we all are.”

11. PALESTINIANS GATHERED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE

12. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS TRAVELLING THROUGH BARBED WIRE CORRIDORS TO DISTRIBUTION POINT

13. PALESTINIANS GATHERED NEAR DISTRIBUTION POINT

14. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS CARRYING BOXES AND ITEMS