The United Nations suspended all of its' food distribution services in Gaza following a group of protestors storming one of its' facilities.
The centers will resume operations once the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) gets safety confirmation for its' staff and outlying property, reports RT.com.
Dozens of men stormed the facility on Thursday in protest of the UN suspending direct financial assistance to many poor Palestinian families in Gaza on April 1.
The UNRWA had to cut spending and financial aid due to a $67-million-plus deficit, which they are currently working to get out of.
The food distribution service closed due to "a dramatic and disturbing escalation in a series of demonstrations that have taken place over the past week," according to UNRWA in a statement.
"What happened today was completely unacceptable," Robert Turner, head of the UNRWA's Gaza operations, said. "All relief and distribution centers will consequently remain closed until guarantees are given by all relevant groups that UNRWA operations can continue unhindered."
The UNRWA had been supporting roughly half of the entire Palestinian population in Gaza, RT reports.
That means around 800,000 out of 1.7 million people in the Gaza territory will now be with out food. The food distribution services feed around 25,000 people on a daily basis.
However, even amidst potentially deadly protests, the Palestinian Hamas group, who is supposed to keep order and security in the territory, claimed the cutting of food distribution was "unjustified."
A spokesman for Hamas in Gaza, Sami Abu Suhri, said that Hamas military arrived and stopped the riots immediately after a phone call was placed to them.
"We are asking the UNRWA to rethink their decision," Abu Zuhri said.
Since Israel and Egypt have cut off their borders to Gaza due to ongoing differences and issues in the past, this could "become a knockout blow to Gaza's economy," RT said.
