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For the second day in a row, 75,000 liters of fuel were allowed into Gaza by Israeli authorities, but the supply was extremely low and insufficient to solve a severe humanitarian crisis, the United Nations said.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Gaza requires millions of liters of fuel daily, which are essential for the operation of health services, water supply, sanitation and emergency services.
According to OCHA, there has been a serious impact on service delivery due to the fuel ban that has been going on for more than four months.
"To be clear, the lack of fuel in Gaza has reached an alarming level," said a statement issued by OCHA. "If the current limitations are not removed immediately and adequate fuel supplies are not provided on a regular basis, many life-saving services are at risk of being completely shut down." Fuel distribution efforts have been limited to southern Gaza, as Israel has not granted permission to deliver it to northern Gaza, according to OCHA.
'Hospitals in northern Gaza are on the brink of closure. Ambulance services, water treatment centers and other essential services also lack fuel, said the office. Not only the lack of fuel, various humanitarian challenges are becoming more complicated in Gaza.
In the absence of a ceasefire, preventable deaths are occurring on a daily basis. People who are hungry, thirsty and in search of treatment are facing the risk of their lives even when they go to seek help. On Thursday, only six of the 15 aid efforts coordinated with Israel were successful. According to OCHA, this has affected important work such as rescuing the injured, transferring people from risk areas and evaluating health equipment.
On Wednesday, permission was sought to send a rescue team after receiving information that 18 injured people were trapped in the rubble in an area of Gaza City. But permission was delayed and received only on Thursday and by then no one was found alive.
OCHA has informed that the storage of necessary materials for shelter is completely finished and Israel has not allowed new tents and shelter materials to enter for more than 130 days.
In addition, due to conflict and insecurity, the safety of aid workers working inside Gaza has also been a serious challenge.
On Wednesday and Thursday, airstrikes near the locations of aid teams posed a major threat. Fortunately, no aid workers were injured. However, the United Nations has warned that such incidents will seriously affect the safety of all those involved in humanitarian work.
Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary General, announced the latest information received from the Human Rights Office and said, "We have the data of 819 Palestinians who died while trying to get relief materials in Gaza. Most of these people were killed near aid distribution centers and relief vehicles.'
He stressed the need for a fair and independent investigation and said, 'Where citizens are killed on a daily basis just going to get food, that system cannot be accepted as humane.'
