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2024-04-18 02:52:00 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
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In the video, Chef José Andrés states the armed men are police officers protecting the convoy. Police in Gaza, while run by Hamas, have been routinely protecting aid convoys, and the US government has asked the IDF to not target them to facilitate aid distribution https://twitter.com/tksshawa/status/1777973270110687304 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/with-police-absent-gaza-vigilante-groups-arrive-streets-2024-03-06/ https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/gaza-humanitarian-aid-israel-hamas-police-biden https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-said-to-ask-israel-to-stop-targeting-hamas-police-officers-escorting-aid-convoys-in-gaza/
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