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UN: Gaza fuel, medical and communications shortages push humanitarian operations to brink
Summary
The UN says fuel shortages, damaged medical infrastructure and an internet blackout are limiting life-saving care and aid delivery across the Gaza Strip, with partners reporting rising casualties, mass amputations and large new displacement.
The United Nations said on the record that severe shortages of fuel, medical supplies and communications are curtailing humanitarian operations across the Gaza Strip and contributing to growing casualties and displacement.
At a U.N. press briefing, the spokesperson said partners reported that medical teams at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis cleared the maternity ward to make space for the injured and converted rooms into emergency operating spaces. “Many of the injured people had to undergo life saving amputations,” the spokesperson said. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported continuing attacks that have killed and injured people and damaged vital infrastructure.
Why it matters: Fuel is essential to run hospital generators, ambulances and…
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