The United Nations humanitarian office said Palestinians under an Israeli siege in northern Gaza “are rapidly exhausting all available means for their survival,” and Israel has denied UN requests to deliver life-saving aid to the area.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs also reports that Israeli authorities are still denying its requests to help rescue dozens of people trapped under their collapsed homes in the Falouja area of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the north, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told reporters Tuesday.
The requests by the humanitarian office, known as OCHA, that were denied include planned missions by UN agencies and their partners to deliver supplies including blood, medications, food parcels and fuel to hospitals and water facilities, he said.
The United States warned Israel earlier this month that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within 30 days or it could risk losing access to US weapons funding.
It said at least 350 trucks a day need to get into Gaza and Israel must provide additional humanitarian pauses and increased security for humanitarian sites.
OCHA reported that 25 trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, 25 on Saturday, and 65 on Friday.
Haq said the director of Kamal Adwan, one of the last functioning hospitals in north Gaza, which is seeing a constant influx of casualties, reported Monday that blood supplies have run out and medical teams are working non-stop with no food.
