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UN says fuel tankers and aid delivered to northern Gaza; mine-action briefing to follow from Gaza
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UN agencies reported six fuel tankers and other supplies entered northern Gaza to support bakeries, water and hygiene services; the UN also scheduled a demining briefing from Gaza by Luke Irving of the Mine Action Service.
The United Nations reported that six fuel tankers entered northern Gaza to support bakeries and water, sanitation and hygiene services, and that UN partners are scaling up distributions and trauma care amid mass population movements.
UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said agencies reported that more than 423,000 people had crossed south into north since roads opened on Monday, and aid workers along those routes were providing food, water and hygiene kits. UNICEF was distributing identification bracelets for children, and humanitarian organizations reported assisting unaccompanied children, pregnant women, older people, people with chronic illnesses and those needing ongoing medical care.
The World Health Organization supplied fuel, tents and equipment enabling the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to establish two trauma stabilization points on Al Rashid Road, the spokesperson said. Nutrition partners distributed high-energy biscuits to 19,000 people south of Wadi Gaza and to 10,000 people in the north; shelter partners provided tarpaulins and sheets and planned tent distributions for families returning to destroyed homes.
OCHA and partners continue to scale up water trucking in Rafah, North Gaza and Gaza City; Dujarric said Rafah is receiving about 300 cubic meters of potable water per day, which he characterized as “about enough for 50,000 people.” He also noted humanitarian partners were preparing to distribute tents and support sanitation services.
Dujarric opened the briefing by introducing Luke Irving, who was expected to brief from Gaza as chief of the Mine Action Service in the occupied Palestinian territory on demining and unexploded ordnance. The transcript did not include Irving’s remarks; the spokesperson said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and other partners were continuing relief operations where security permits.
