New York - Saba:
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
It noted that field reports indicate that tents, schools, homes, and medical facilities have been bombed, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries daily.
It said that hospitals are running low on supplies, ambulances are out of service, and water networks are on the verge of collapse.
It warned that the fuel crisis has reached a critical point, and that the limited fuel available is already being used to power critical operations, but it is rapidly running out, with virtually no additional stocks available.
The UN Office warned that the death toll is likely to rise sharply soon unless the occupation authorities allow the entry of new fuel, which has not arrived in the past few months.
He stated that the Israeli occupation authorities issued a new evacuation order on Tuesday evening, including parts of Khan Younis, particularly those living in tents, further complicating the humanitarian situation in the area.
He explained that even the smaller areas where people are forced to gather, which have now shrunk to approximately 15% of the Gaza Strip and are constantly shrinking, have become "fragmented" and remain completely unsafe.
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