Hamas Seizes U.N. Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › February 05, 2009

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JERUSALEM -- Armed Hamas police broke into a Gaza warehouse packed with U.N. humanitarian supplies and seized thousands of blankets and food packages, officials said Wednesday.

It was a rare public clash between the international agency that feeds much of the territory and the militant group that rules it. And the incident highlighted difficulties facing donors seeking to bypass Hamas while helping Gazans survive and rebuild after Israel's punishing military operation.

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Hamas Seizes U.N. Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

In New York, U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said UNRWA "condemned in the strongest terms" the confiscation of its aid supp...

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