Israel’s pressure campaign against Hamas is clearly having an effect inside the Gaza Strip. In addition to airstrikes intended to take out Hamas fighters, their tunnels, and their military suppl.
Israel’s pressure campaign against Hamas is clearly having an effect inside the Gaza Strip. In addition to airstrikes intended to take out Hamas fighters, their tunnels, and their military supplies, they have cut off most supplies from the region. The lack of fuel is growing particularly acute, and this week the United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees announced that they may soon have to suspend most operations inside the Strip. It’s not that they’re running out of supplies or volunteers willing to distribute them. They just don’t have enough gas to operate the trucks required to bring the supplies to where they are needed. And while Israel has agreed to restart some fuel supplies, they insist that they must be monitored to ensure that Hamas doesn’t divert the goods. (Associated Press)
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago.
The warning came as hospitals in Gaza struggled to treat masses of wounded with dwindling resources, and health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory said the death toll was soaring as Israeli jets continued striking the territory overnight into Wednesday.
