Gaza media office rebukes US ‘disinformation’ over alleged aid truck looting

The Gaza Media Office has condemned what it called “baseless” US allegations that Palestinians looted an aid truck in northern Khan Younis.

“The claims by US Central Command are unsupported by evidence and part of a systematic disinformation campaign,” the office told Al Jazeera. It accused Israeli occupation forces of deliberately targeting police and volunteers “to spread chaos and facilitate theft in the Gaza Strip.”

CENTCOM released drone footage claiming to show “suspected Hamas operatives” attacking an aid truck driver. The video, filmed by an American drone monitoring the ceasefire, offered no proof to support the claims.

It remains unclear whether those seen in the footage had any links to Israel, which has previously faced accusations of backing groups involved in looting aid deliveries to discredit Palestinians.