Gold smuggling, money laundering
“The catastrophic situation in Gaza is the worst since the war began,” he said.With only three of the four distribution points set up to receive aid from the GHF, people like Layla al-Masri, a displaced Palestinian, are leaving empty-handed.
“What they are saying about their will to feed the people of Gaza is all lies. They neither feed people nor give them anything to drink,” she said.‘Parents giving children water’Abdel Qader Rabie, another displaced Palestinian, said his family has
. “No flour, no food, no bread, we have nothing at home,” he said.“Every time I go to get aid, I hold a box and hundreds of people crowd over me. Earlier, UNRWA [UN agency for Palestinian refugees] used to send me a message, [and] I would go and get aid. Now there’s nothing. If you are strong, you get aid. If you are not, you leave empty-handed,” Qader Rabie said.
Eri Kaneko, UN humanitarian affairs spokesperson, also criticised the type of aid that UN agencies are being allowed to bring into Gaza.
“Israeli authorities have not allowed us to bring in a single ready-to-eat meal. The only food permitted has been flour for bakeries. Even if allowed in unlimited quantities, which it hasn’t been, it wouldn’t amount to a complete diet for anyone,” Kaneko said.“The biggest challenge Zimbabwe now faces is the existential threat that comes from this mafia, the gold mafia.”
When asked for a response to Al Jazeera’s investigation, Fidelity denied all involvement in money laundering or smuggling. Mnangagwa, Angel, Doolan and Rushwaya did not respond to our inquiries.Over 1.87 million Syrians return home after years of displacement, facing the hardship of rebuilding amid devastation.
Aref Shamtan, 73, chose to erect a tent near his decimated home in northwest Syria instead of remaining in a displacement camp following the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.“I feel good here, even among the rubble,” Shamtan said, sipping tea at the tent near his field.