The fuel that arrived in the Gaza Strip via Egypt on Wednesday to be used to deliver humanitarian aid is “not at all sufficient,” complained the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), confirming a first delivery since the start of the war.
Just over 23,000 liters of gasoline were delivered, “but their use was restricted by the Israeli authorities, [et servira] Only for the transport of humanitarian aid, complained the head of UNRWA in Gaza, Thomas White, on X (ex-twitter).
There is “no oil for water supplies or hospitals,” he added.
According to Mr. White, this supply is equivalent to “half a tanker truck” and represents “only 9%” of the agency’s daily “maintenance” needs [ses] life-saving activities.
Egyptian state media Al-Qahera News previously reported that a fuel truck from Egypt entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday for the first time since the war between Hamas and Israel, which was sparked by an unprecedented attack by the Islamist movement on Israeli soil, on Wednesday 7 October.
The United Nations continues to demand the supply of fuel to Gaza, particularly to supply hospitals, but Israel refuses, saying that Hamas could use this fuel for its military activities.
Its agency in the Gaza Strip warned on Monday that its humanitarian operations would be suspended within 48 hours due to fuel shortages, while fighting rages in the besieged Palestinian territories, where NGOs say the humanitarian situation is dire.
In the Gaza Strip, where Israel said it wanted to “destroy” Hamas, Israeli bombings in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attack killed 11,320 people, mostly civilians, including 4,650 children, according to the Defense Ministry. Hamas health.
According to Israeli authorities, the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel killed around 1,200 people, the vast majority of them civilians.