The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that its operations in the war-torn Gaza Strip will cease within two days due to fuel shortages as fighting continues. rage between Israel and Hamas.
“The humanitarian operation in Gaza will be halted in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed into Gaza,” UNRWA Gaza chief Thomas White wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.
Israel launched a bombardment of Gaza on October 7 after Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, according to Israeli authorities.
More than 11,200 people, including more than 4,000 children, were killed in the Israeli attack on Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities.
After the Hamas attack, Israel cut off supplies of water, electricity, fuel and food to the territory of 2.4 million people, leading to shortages.
Dozens of humanitarian trucks have been allowed to enter from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, but aid groups have warned that the amount of aid delivered is far from enough.
Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner-general, said about 39 percent of food needs were met.
“In one of the governorates, people received one or two rounds of bread and a can of tuna for a family, and in Rafah, it was one or two rounds of bread and a can of cheese for the family,” he said. -he explained.
More than two-thirds of Palestinians living in Gaza have fled their homes since the start of the war.
