The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other essentials to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread famine after the collapse of internet and telephone services in the enclave besieged due to lack of fuel.
Israel’s national security adviser said the country’s war cabinet had agreed to allow two fuel tankers into the Gaza Strip each day, an amount he called “very minimal “. Shipments appear to be far below what the UN says is necessary.
The communications outage was in its second day Friday. It has largely cut off Gaza’s 2.3 million residents from each other and the outside world, and disrupted aid coordination, which aid groups were already struggling to deliver due to fuel shortages. .