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'Aid agencies say a lack of fuel has forced them to call off deliveries of basic necessities in the Gaza Strip. They've also warned of possible widespread starvation in the besieged enclave because of the lack of fuel and said most people in Gaza were without adequate food and clean water.
Israel announced on Friday that it will allow for the first time “very minimal” daily shipments of fuel into Gaza for use by the UN and communications system.
A US State Department official said Friday that Israel has agreed to allow 140,000 litres of fuel into Gaza every 48 hours through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had called Israeli Cabinet Minister Ron Dermer and told him that a “major catastrophe” was imminent If Israel didn't send fuel to southern Gaza.
The fuel will be delivered to the fuel depot on the Gaza side of the border and distributed from there. The State Department said 120,000 litres will be reserved for the truck of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. They will carry humanitarian aid, as well as water desalinization, well and sewage pumping, solid waste disposal, bakeries and hospitals. The other 20,000 litres will be for generators used by Palestinian telecoms provider Paltel in order to restore communications networks.
On Thursday internet and telephone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip for the lack of fuel, the main Palestinian provider said, bringing a potentially long-term blackout of communications.
UN warns of starvation in Gaza as its forced to stop food deliveries - Euronews
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