UN warns aid to Gaza could be halted in coming days

Running out of food and fuel reserves could force aid operations to halt for several days in the Gaza Strip as key crossings remain closed.

This has forced hospitals to close and led to increased food shortages and malnutrition among the population of the Gaza Strip, UN aid agencies warned on May 10.

Humanitarian workers raised the alarm this week about the closure of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings – key routes for delivering aid into the Gaza Strip and reaching the population – as part of Israel's Rafah offensive in an area where some 1 million displaced people are taking refuge.

The Israeli army launched a military operation in the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, to eliminate Hamas fighters and destroy infrastructure used by the group.

One million people in Gaza are facing starvation due to the Israeli military's ground offensive on Rafah and the disruption of aid flows.

UNICEF's senior emergency coordinator in the Gaza Strip, Hamish Young, said: "For the past five days, there has been no fuel and virtually no vehicles carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed into Gaza. We are having to empty the bottoms of our trucks."

He said in a briefing: "This has always been a major problem for the people of Gaza and all humanitarian organizations. In the next few days, if the problem is not resolved, the fuel shortage could bring humanitarian operations to a standstill."

Mr. Young added that more than 100,000 people have fled the city of Rafah in the past five days.

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