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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) delivered two trucks of fuel to Gaza via the Al-Masry crossing on Wednesday. © Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
Fuel shortages, especially for trucks and power generation, are hampering basic supplies for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. The overview.
Gaza/Tel Aviv - In the struggle for urgently needed fuel supplies to Gaza, Israel has at least partially given in to the demands of UN aid workers.
Two tanker trucks per day will be allowed to bring diesel to the coastal strip in the future, according to a high-ranking Israeli government official. The Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had previously warned that humanitarian aid to people in the blockaded area would collapse due to the lack of fuel.
The communication networks, which had already been brought to their knees on Thursday evening, and whose power supply also depends on fuel for generators, remained disrupted. Palestinian media in the West Bank reported significant problems in reaching residents of the coastal strip: calls did not go through, nor did messages.
Initially, there was confusion about the delivery of further relief supplies. According to Israel, 144 trucks were allowed to travel from Egypt to the Gaza Strip on Thursday. U.N. agencies initially reported that not a single truck had arrived in the Gaza Strip that day. The UN Office for Emergency Relief clarified on Friday that no trucks had arrived by 18:00 p.m. on Thursday.
The Israeli army again called on people in residential neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip to seek safety in the south. Israel's Chief of Staff announced that the operation would be extended to other areas. Soldiers had previously discovered the dead bodies of two hostages near the Shifa hospital, which has been embattled in recent days.
Diesel is intended for water and water infrastructure
The two daily trucks with diesel are said to be driving from Egypt to Gaza via the Rafah crossing. According to the report, the diesel is intended to guarantee the power supply for the water and wastewater infrastructure - also to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.
UNRWA was unable to accept relief supplies due to fuel shortages
Before the war, according to UN figures, about 45 tanker trucks drove into the coastal area every day for commercial and humanitarian purposes. An UNRWA spokeswoman said the agency had been unable to accept relief supplies in recent days due to a lack of fuel in its vehicle fleet.
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Confusion was caused by the fact that Israel announced that it had authorized 144 trucks to travel from Egypt to the Gaza Strip. However, according to UNRWA at noon, no help arrived. It is possible that the trucks were able to enter the transit area of the crossing, placing them in the no-man's-land between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
UN Office for Emergency Relief: Warning of danger from communication blackout
The West Bank-based telecommunications company Paltel had reported the collapse of its networks in Gaza on Thursday evening. The U.N. Office for Emergency Relief (OCHA) said in the morning: "Humanitarian organizations and emergency services have warned that blackouts threaten the safety of civilians and the provision of life-saving assistance."
Since the beginning of the Gaza war, communication networks in the coastal area have failed several times. Connections to the outside world were only possible with satellite mobile phones and sometimes from tall buildings in the south of the Gaza Strip with Israeli SIM cards.
Two dead hostages found near Shifa clinic
The bodies of two Israeli hostages had previously been recovered near the Shifa hospital in Gaza, which has been embattled in recent days. They were two women, aged 65 and 19. During their operation in the largest clinic in the coastal strip, the Israel Defense Forces also found command and control centers, according to their own statements. It remained unclear whether this was also the Hamas command center suspected under the hospital. Hamas denies the existence of such a base under the clinic.
Israeli Military Chief: Systematically Eliminate Hamas Commanders
Israel's Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, announced an expansion of operations in the Gaza Strip. we will continue in other areas," Halevi said during a visit to troops in the Gaza Strip. Commanders of the Islamist Hamas must be "systematically" eliminated and infrastructure destroyed. To this end, "more and more regions are being targeted".
So far, Israel's ground forces have concentrated on the northern part of the Gaza Strip in recent weeks. Also today, the Israeli army called on residents of several neighborhoods to seek safety in the south of the Gaza Strip. However, experts assume a possible expansion of operations in the south as well. Air strikes are already taking place there again and again.
Palestinians: About 800,000 people still in the north of the Gaza Strip
In the northern part of the Gaza Strip, almost six weeks after the start of the war, there are still about 800,000 people. This was reported by the UN Emergency Relief Office OCHA, citing the Palestinian Statistics Authority (PCBS) in the West Bank. The survey on which this estimate was based remained partly unclear.
According to the UN, around 1.6 million of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip are fleeing because of the Israeli attacks. Thousands of homes have been destroyed.
Clashes again on the Lebanese-Israeli border
Clashes resumed on the border between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli military reported that it had attacked several "Hezbollah terror targets." The pro-Iranian Hezbollah claimed to have attacked Israeli targets with "adequate weapons" and had scored "direct hits." Dpa