Gulf News carried an AP story "Hamas seizes UN food aid, says UN spokesman." [Excerpt, bolding mine]
Hamas police in Gaza broke into a warehouse full of United Nations humanitarian supplies and seized thousands of blankets and food packages, a UN spokesman said Wednesday, a rare public clash between the international agency that feeds much of the territory and the militant group that rules it. . . .
Hamas policemen stormed into an aid warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening and confiscated 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels ready for distribution to 500 families, said United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Christopher Gunness.
"They were armed, they seized this, they took it by force," Gunness said, terming the incident "absolutely unacceptable."
UN officials said the aid was kept in a local storage facility because the organization's regular warehouses were full. The UN, human rights groups and Palestinians have often complained that a blockade by Israel and Egypt has left Gaza critically short of vital supplies.
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