Fuel shortage in Gaza jeopardise local aid operations
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00:00 Between two strikes, these Gazans try to evacuate the wounded from the rubble.
00:05 Bombarded relentlessly by the Israeli army, the Palestinian enclave has seen no respite
00:11 for 17 days.
00:13 In a statement, the Israeli army announced that it had hit more than 400 military targets
00:19 overnight and killed dozens of Hamas fighters, including three deputy battalion commanders.
00:26 The international community is calling for a ceasefire, but the priority for the UN is
00:30 humanitarian aid.
00:32 The few dozen lorries that have managed to reach Gaza are far from sufficient.
00:37 "Right now we have three day stocks of fuel left in Gaza.
00:42 We need fuel to come into Gaza, otherwise hospitals are going to close.
00:48 We are going to stop the supply of potable water because the desalination plants will
00:53 run out of water.
00:55 That means that our logistic fleet, our generators will stop operating.
00:59 We will not have an aid operation in Gaza if we don't get more fuel in."
01:05 According to the UN, at least 100 truckloads of aid are needed every day to really meet
01:10 the needs of residents of Gaza.
01:13 A little further south, ambulances at this hospital are almost all at a standstill.
01:21 "We have a limited number of ambulances, more than 26 ambulances are out of service, which
01:26 has led to an enormous shortage in the Gaza Strip.
01:29 We're running out of fuel, so we've taken petrol and diesel from damaged ambulances to
01:34 power those that are working."
01:39 Despite repeated requests, no truce is in sight.
01:43 35 UN aid workers have been killed since October 7.
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