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UN: Two-month blockade on Gaza is deepening humanitarian catastrophe, fuel and water running out
Summary
The United Nations said the blockade on Gaza, now in its second month, has left fuel and supplies critically low, hampering water, sanitation and medical services and increasing civilian casualties.
The United Nations said on Friday that two months of a near-total blockade of Gaza have caused “more irreversible harm” to civilians, with fuel shortages crippling water and sanitation services and emergency response.
UN Spokesperson Steph said the blockade — which the briefing described as imposed by Israeli authorities — has left food stocks depleted and fuel largely inaccessible, adding that “the longer this blockade continues, the more irreversible harm is being done to countless lives in Gaza.”
The UN briefing…
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