U.N. Says Images of Scramble for Aid in Gaza Are 'Heartbreaking'

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Footage has surfaced that shows thousands of Palestinians scrambling amid gunfire to reach aid delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Tuesday. A U.N. spokesperson called the images "heartbreaking to say the least."

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00:00A U.N. spokesperson says the aid situation in Gaza is heartbreaking.

00:05And I can tell you that we have been watching the video coming out of Gaza

00:12around one of the distribution points set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

00:17And frankly, these video, these images are heartbreaking to say the least.

00:23Footage shows thousands of Palestinians scrambling amid gunfire

00:28to reach aid delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Tuesday.

00:33Aid mismanagement and a months-long Israeli blockade

00:37have caused severe food shortages in the enclave.

00:40Israel says it halted deliveries to prevent supplies falling into the hands of Hamas.

00:45The U.N. is calling for more aid to be allowed into the territory.

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