On the 44th day of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel said on Friday that it would permit limited daily fuel shipments into Gaza. Under growing pressure from the United States, Israel has agreed to allow 140,000 litres, or about 37,000 gallons, of fuel into the territory every two days for humanitarian needs.
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00:00 On the 44th day of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Israel said on Friday that it would
00:07 permit limited daily fuel shipments into Gaza.
00:11 Under growing pressure from the United States, Israel has agreed to allow 140,000 litres
00:17 or about 37,000 gallons of fuel into the territory every two days for humanitarian needs.
00:25 An additional 20,000 litres will be allowed every two days for generators of telecom company
00:29 Paltel which is working to restore telecommunication.
00:33 The development came on the same day first fuel trucks entered Gaza from the Rafah border
00:38 in accordance with the previous agreement.
00:41 Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, there has been an extreme shortage of fuel
00:44 in the Gaza Strip owing to Israeli blockade.
00:47 The shortage threatened to derail aid deliveries and caused a communication blackout in the
00:52 Palestinian enclave.
00:54 Yesterday evening, the war cabinet responded to a special request by the US to provide
00:59 two fuel tankers per day for the sewage purifying facilities in the Gaza Strip that are facing
01:05 collapse without electricity and the ability to manage the water and sewage systems that
01:10 UNRWA manages.
01:13 Israeli National Security Council Director Zarchi Hanegbi informed.
01:17 The UNRWA is a United Nations agency that assists Palestinians.
01:21 UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday that around 200,000 litres per day
01:27 is needed to meet the minimum of our humanitarian responsibilities across Gaza, north and south.
01:34 The lack of fuel brought aid efforts to a halt this week, caused a telecommunications
01:38 blackout and crippled hospitals, water desalination and sewage facilities and bakeries.
01:45 The decision to allow fuel into Gaza is unpopular among some members of Israeli Prime Minister
01:49 Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition, but there has been intense international pressure
01:54 following rising civilian death toll and worsening conditions in Gaza Strip.
01:59 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli war cabinet members on phone
02:04 on Wednesday and warned them about humanitarian catastrophes stemming from acute shortage
02:09 of fuel.
02:10 In the wake of recent decisions, there have been comments from within the Netanyahu government
02:14 expressing displeasure.
02:16 Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, deemed the decision to allow fuel into Gaza a serious
02:21 mistake.
02:22 "It conveys weakness.
02:24 It gives oxygen to the enemy," he said in a statement.
02:28 Israel has been resisting calls to allow fuel into the Gaza Strip, saying that there was
02:32 a chance that Hamas fighters will seize it and use it for military purposes.
02:37 Hamas fighters crossed the border into southern Israel and launched an attack on October 7,
02:41 killing 1,200 people and abducting more than 200.
02:44 Israel has since then responded with an overwhelming military response with thousands of air raids.
02:49 Ground attacks were initiated inside the Gaza Strip by Israeli tanks and troops.
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