A statement issued on Sunday by the leadership in Gaza dismissed allegations by the U.S. military command that a humanitarian aid truck had been plundered. The statement described the claims as entirely unfounded and portrayed them as part of a broader narrative aimed at legitimising the enduring blockade and the collective suffocation inflicted on civilians.

The statement highlighted the role of local security forces in safeguarding the flow of assistance, noting the heavy toll they have paid, over a thousand fatalities and hundreds wounded, in the course of their duty. According to the statement, reports of looting ceased once the occupying forces withdrew, which is presented as evidence that the disorder was orchestrated by those forces rather than by residents.

No international or regional bodies, nor the drivers of the aid convoys themselves, have reportedly filed any complaints regarding the alleged incident. The leadership characterised the U.S. reliance on drone footage to substantiate its claims as selective and hypocritical, observing that these drones failed to capture the daily killings inflicted by the occupying power that the world continues to witness.

Since the truce took effect, the statement claims that the occupying power has killed 254 Palestinians, of whom 91 percent were civilians, including 105 children, 37 women and nine elderly, and injured 595 more, among them 199 children, 136 women and 32 elderly. The leadership further accused the occupier of blatantly violating the cease-fire zone by over 35 sq km, roughly 10 percent of the territory, and of continuing home demolitions. They also emphasised that only 9.4 percent of the promised fuel has been allowed into the enclave, while major food imports, particularly protein sources such as eggs, chicken and meat, remain deeply restricted amid a collapsing economy. On average, only 135 aid trucks enter the territory each day, with all other supplies arriving via commercial channels that most cannot afford.