The main UN agency bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has said it will run out of fuel in less than a day, threatening its ability to help roughly 1mn people displaced by the war in the besieged enclave.
The UN’s Palestinian relief agency said it needed fuel to run its fleet of vehicles, including trucks picking up aid from the limited number of convoys permitted to enter the strip via the Egyptian border. UN vehicles are also indispensable for distributing bread and flour to people sheltering from Israel’s heavy bombardment of the coastal territory.
“We will most likely run out of fuel that is available to UNRWA’s humanitarian operations between tonight and tomorrow,” Tamara Alrifai, a spokesperson for UNRWA, told the Financial Times. “For us this means we are going to have to make very difficult choices as of now on what we prioritise.”