Body: “Without fuel there will be no water or hospitals or bakeries that will function. Without fuel, aid will not reach those who desperately need it. Without fuel there will be no humanitarian assistance,” warned the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa), Philippe Lazzarini, in a message.

In his statement, the official recalled that this organization is the largest humanitarian actor in the coastal enclave, where 2.3 million people live.

In this regard, he highlighted that currently the UNRWA facilities in that territory host more than half a million people who took refuge there to escape the Israeli bombs.

Without fuel we will fail the people of Gaza whose needs grow hour by hour, under our watch, that cannot and should not happen, said Lazzarini, who criticized in recent days the bombings and the total blockade imposed by Israel as part of its war campaign. .

“I call on all parties and those who influence them to immediately allow the entry of fuel and ensure that it is used strictly to avoid a collapse of the humanitarian response,” he stressed.

Although he welcomed the first inflows of humanitarian aid from Egypt, he assured that it is insufficient.

For Gaza to make sense, it needs an uninterrupted and expanded humanitarian supply line, he warned.

This Sunday, Unrwa reported on X (formerly Twitter) that at least 29 of its workers died in the enclave due to the Israeli attacks, which began 16 days ago.

We are in shock and mourning. Half of these colleagues were teachers. As an agency, we are devastated, he wrote on that social network.

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