UN office: Southern Gaza food supplies to run out 'by tomorrow'

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the World Food Programme and UN aid agency Unrwa will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza "by tomorrow" due to the continued closure of border crossings by Israeli forces.

In a video statement posted on X, OCHA chief Georgios Petropoulos warned that the "humanitarian situation in Gaza is in a downward spiral" and urged for the "immediate entry of aid and fuel".

"@WFP and @UNRWA will run out of food for distribution in the south by tomorrow," warns our colleague Georgios Petropoulos.

With all crossings into Rafah closed or unsafe, the humanitarian situation in #Gaza is in a downward spiral.

Aid and fuel must be allowed immediate entry.
— UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) May 11, 2024