French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu reveals that Israel backed looters who attacked Gaza aid convoys to weaken Palestinian authorities and humanitarian agencies.
In A Historian in Gaza, based on his stay during late 2023, Filiu describes evidence of Israeli military operations enabling the looting of humanitarian aid. He recounts an incident in the Al-Mawasi area, a crowded humanitarian zone, where even a UN convoy secured by local guards came under Israeli attack.
“It was one night and I was … a few hundred metres away. And it was very clear that Israeli quadcopters were supporting the looters in attacking the local security [teams],” Filiu writes.
