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The head of Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said two recent convoys had been looted by armed gangs near the Kerem Shalom crossing and called on Israel to maintain law and order.

From BBC

He said there had been a "breakdown of law and order" and that the responsibility to protect aid workers lay with Israel.

From BBC

“Law and order have broken down in the area around the Kerem Shalom crossing, which remains the main entry point of goods, and gangs are filling the power vacuum,” says Sam Rose, deputy director of Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in Gaza.

From BBC

The justice secretary said it had prevented the prison system from reaching maximum capacity and "a total breakdown of law and order".

From BBC

This is welcome news, to say the least, and not just because Gaetz was a truly terrifying threat to basic law and order.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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