UN warns Gaza may run out of fuel today

Andrea De Domenico, the head of the UN’s humanitarian aid office in the Palestinian territories, said that critical diesel supplies needed to power drinking water pumps and maintain communications and aid deliveries will run out today.

De Domenico says the UN normally uses 200,000 litres of diesel a day in Gaza, and that it had 30,000 litres remaining as of Tuesday night.

Since Israel took over the Rafah border crossing and denied the UN access, no fuel deliveries can be made.

De Domenico warns that this would shut down the main water production facility in northern Gaza, "depriving the entire population of access to drinking water".

The 16 UN-supported bakeries in Gaza will also have to shut down without fuel and flour supplies.

De Domenico, speaking at a news conference in East Jerusalem, added that the Israelis were not on the ground providing humanitarian services.