GAZA, Saturday, May 11, 2024 (WAFA) –Top of Form The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today that food supplies designated for distribution in southern Gaza will run out by tomorrow, as the border crossings leading to the city of Rafah in the south of the Strip remain closed.
In a video statement posted by the UN office on X, OCHA Chief Georgios Petropoulos stated, "The humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating due to the closure of all crossings leading to Rafah, or their insecurity."
He added, "Food supplies designated for distribution in southern Gaza by the World Food Programme and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will be depleted tomorrow," urging "immediate entry of aid and fuel."
On Monday, the sixth of May, Israel announced the commencement of a military onslaught on Rafah and issued warnings to approximately 100,000 citizens to evacuate forcibly from the eastern part of the city.
On the morning of the following Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing, halting the flow of aid into the Strip.
With its control over the Rafah crossing, the occupation forces have closed the main land route through which aid enters and through which wounded and sick individuals leave the Strip for treatment outside, signaling a deepening humanitarian crisis.
Rafah remains the last refuge for displaced individuals in the devastated Strip. Since the beginning of the ground operation launched by the occupation forces on Gaza Strip on October 27th last year, citizens have been instructed to head from the north and center of the Strip towards the south.
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