UNRWA, the UN organization that helps Palestine refugees, will run out of fuel in three days, Director-General Philippe Lazzarini warned on Sunday, endangering humanitarian efforts in Gaza.
“Water, operational hospitals, and bakeries won’t exist without fuel. Aid cannot get to people who are in dire need without fuel. Humanitarian aid cannot exist without electricity.
“No fuel will further strangle Gaza’s people, women, and children,” he declared in a statement.
With almost two million residents, UNRWA is the biggest humanitarian organization in the Gaza Strip.
Following the outbreak of the most recent conflicts on October 7, more than a million people have been forced to flee, with more than half of them taking refuge in its facilities.
“Without fuel, we will fail the people of Gaza whose needs are growing by the hour, under our watch,” Lazzarini said, stressing that “this cannot and should not happen.”
He urged all parties and those in positions of authority to permit fuel supplies into Gaza right once and to make sure that they are strictly utilized in order to keep humanitarian efforts from failing.
Even though he applauded the first humanitarian convoy’s arrival in Gaza on Saturday, Lazzarini emphasized the need for ongoing help and said it was “far from enough.”
On Sunday, UNRWA also released its most recent status report, which showed that 17 more staff members had been injured and that the total number of staff deaths since the violence started was 29.
Half of those slain were teachers, according to a UNRWA post on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
The study also showed that there had been close to 180 injuries and 12 fatalities among the displaced persons taking refuge at UNRWA schools.
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