The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Monday that nearly 100 humanitarian aid trucks headed for Gaza were “violently looted” over the weekend.

In a post on the social media platform X, the U.N. agency said a convoy of 109 trucks had set out from the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southern Gaza on Saturday when drivers were forced at gunpoint to stop and unload supplies. According to the agency, 97 trucks were lost.

The New York Times reported Monday that members of the convoy were injured and other vehicles sustained extensive damage during the incident.

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