According to the UN Palestine Relief Agency (UNRWA), there is a risk of a collapse in humanitarian supplies to the population in the Gaza Strip within two days due to a lack of fuel. Given that no fuel can be delivered to Palestinian territory, “the humanitarian operation must be stopped within hours”, warned today (X) the head of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, Thomas White, on Twitter.
In the morning, two drinking water subcontractors had to stop work due to a lack of fuel, White explained. This means that 200,000 people would no longer have drinking water.
Shtajjeh asked for air supplies
The head of the Palestinian government in the West Bank, Mohammed Shtajjeh, meanwhile called on the EU and the United Nations to launch air aid over the Gaza Strip.
Aid deliveries should be suspended especially in the north of the Palestinian territory, “as has been done countless times around the world”, Shtajjeh said today at a Palestinian Authority cabinet meeting in Ramallah.
The Palestinian Prime Minister demanded that more humanitarian aid be delivered on land and that additional “aid corridors” be created along the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.