Gaza Runs out of Fuel, Endangering Over 2M Palestinians
The council's secretary general, Jan Egeland, said on X, "Gaza has run out of fuel. Reserves are gone. The last drops are being rationed to keep bare-minimum services alive. No fuel means no water, no food distribution, no health care, no telecoms – 2.1 million lives on the brink."
NRC water deliveries have been reduced to 33 sites, reaching 85,000 people with only 4.5 litres per person per day, which is far below the the 15-litre survival standard.
Egeland also explained how half of these sites depend on the municipal water utility, which has fuel for only 10 days, after which the water supply will be halted completely.
To keep the basic services running in Gaza, at least eight million litres of diesel and 400,000 litres of benzene per month are needed.
Egeland pressed donor states and diplomats to pressure Israel into allowing fuel to Gaza.
The death toll in Gaza has risen to at least 57,130 Palestinians, and the number of injured people has reached 135,173, the enclave's Health Ministry reported on Thursday, July 3.
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