Hamas’s control over the people of Gaza is slipping, as seen most recently in its inability to keep Palestinians from raiding food storage facilities to escape starvation.
A warehouse operated by the United Nations was broken into on Wednesday by a mob of Palestinian civilians desperate to acquire food amid the worsening famine.
Video of the event shows hundreds of people pouring into the food warehouse, some even tearing off the siding to get inside. Mobs jostled with individuals attempting to exit, carrying large white sacks of food. Gunfire could be heard.
Hamas has tried to maintain order and curb the civilians’ growing opposition to the terrorist group’s authority.
Palestinians carry boxes and bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,
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