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Agency Commissioner General UN for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe LazzariniI affirm this About 70% of the population of the Gaza Strip will today remain without drinking water if
Agency Commissioner General UN for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe LazzariniI affirm this About 70% of the population of the Gaza Strip will today remain without drinking water if the fuel received this Wednesday in Gaza is intended only for humanitarian aid trucks.
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Our entire operation is now on the verge of collapse. By the end of today, about 70% of Gaza’s population will not have access to clean water. Having fuel only for trucks will no longer save lives. Waiting any longer will cost lives.
This is how Lazzarini responded to information provided by the UNRWA Director in the Gaza Strip: Thomas Whitewhich stated that the fuel received in the enclave today for the first time since the war began more than a month ago was limited to Israel and would not be used for “water supplies or hospitals.”
In a statement, Lazzarini said it was “horrible that fuel continues to be used as a weapon of war.” Over the past five weeks, UNRWA has requested fuel to support humanitarian operations in Gaza. This seriously undermines our work and assistance to Palestinian communities in the Gaza Strip.”
He stressed that “key services such as desalination plants, wastewater treatment plants and hospitals have ceased to function. Having fuel only for trucks will no longer save lives. Waiting any longer will cost lives.”
He also noted that “basic humanitarian operations require 160 thousand liters of fuel per day.”
Medical care at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, which has stopped working in some of its areas due to fuel shortages | Photo: Reuters
Lazzarini called on Israeli authorities to “immediately authorize the supply of the required amount of fuel, as required by international humanitarian law.”
Since the war in the Gaza Strip began on October 7 due to a Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people inside Israel, not a single truck carrying fuel needed to operate the force has entered. hospitals, bakeries and water treatment plantsdue to a veto imposed by Israel over fears it could reach the Islamist group.
Fuel shortages have forced many hospitals in the Palestinian enclave to suspend or reduce medical services.
More than 11,000 people have been killed since the Israeli offensive and siege of the Palestinian enclave began, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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