Global calls for a 'humanitarian pause' in the Israel-Hamas war have gone unheeded, preventing anything more than a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Israeli-besieged Gaza as shortages of food, fuel, drinking water and medicine worsen.
Palestinians observe as others search for casualties a day after Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masrihave gone unheeded, preventing anything more than a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering Israeli-besieged Gaza as shortages of food, fuel, drinking water and medicine worsen.Some 1.
Israel has called on civilians in north Gaza - the heart of Hamas' forces - to evacuate to the south for their own safety, though the south has also been hammered by Israeli air strikes that have killed and injured non-combatants. OCHA says shelters are overcrowded at nearly four times their intended capacity, with tens of thousands of other Gazans taking cover in hospitals.Over a third of Gaza's 35 hospitals are not functioning and those still in service report dire fuel shortages that have severely reduced their electricity supply, the World Health Organization says.
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital in Gaza City which treats cancer patients has run out of fuel and is no longer operational, according to WHO. Rescue teams from the Palestinian Civil Defence have been forced to curb their ambulance fleet for lack of fuel, causing a desperate resort to donkey carts to take casualties to hospital.At least 10 trucks brought aid including water, food and medicines into Gaza via the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Nov. 1, bringing the total number of trucks since the limited reopening of the crossing on Oct. 21 to 227, OCHA said.
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