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SvennoJ on 06 July 2024
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Many bakeries in Gaza cannot open because of fuel shortages

Due to severe fuel shortages caused by Israel’s blockade of Gaza, many bakeries in the Palestinian enclave remain closed. In Deir el-Balah, Palestinians are enduring long hours in line, hoping to obtain a simple loaf of bread to feed their families.


‘Dire situation’ grows worse in Gaza amid mass displacement and fighting: UN

Nine in every 10 people in Gaza are internally displaced due to Israel’s war on the territory, the UN reports, and an estimated 250,000 are living in areas of eastern Khan Younis and Rafah that are under an Israeli military evacuation order, which usually precedes a ground offensive.

The latest situation report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also notes that fuel shortages pose a threat to life-saving health services in Gaza’s hospitals, as well as the functioning of crucial water and sanitation infrastructure.

The OCHA also reports that displaced people in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza are facing extremely dire living conditions, including critical shortages of water, shelter and food.


An area in Gaza City on June 04, 2024 after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces


Children in Gaza spend up to 8 hours a day collecting water and food: UNRWA

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says children in Gaza spend six to eight hours a day collecting water and food, carrying heavy weights and walking long distances.

“Sanitation facilities and infrastructure are severely compromised, forcing thousands of families to rely on seawater to wash, clean and even drink,” it added on X, calling for a ceasefire.


Gaza football stadium provides shelter for families fleeing Israeli operation in Shujayea

Thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza have sought refuge in the Yarmouk Sports Stadium – one of the territory’s largest football arenas.

Families at the stadium, located about 3km (just under 2 miles) northwest of Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood, are now scraping by with little food or water and hoping to avoid Israel’s latest military offensive in the area.

Um Bashar told The Associated Press new agency that she fled Shujayea as the Israeli ground operation began last weekend.

“We woke up and found tanks in front of the door,” Bashar said. “We didn’t take anything with us, not a mattress, not a pillow, not any clothes, not a thing. Not even food,” she said.

Bashar fled with a group of 70 other people to Yarmouk Sports Stadium, which was heavily bombed and largely emptied early in the war. Many of those now living in the stadium say they have no homes to return to.


Fuel crisis suspends hospital departments in Gaza: Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has said the continuing fuel crisis has been affecting the work of the remaining functioning health institutions in the enclave – in particular, the use of their generators, oxygen stations and refrigerators for storing medicines.

“Currently, work has been suspended in many departments within the remaining operating hospitals,” the ministry statement on Telegram said. It said strict austerity measures are being followed in fuel use at hospitals.

“We repeat our appeal to all concerned, international and humanitarian institutions to intervene and quickly provide the fuel necessary to operate the generators,” the statement concluded.


Palestinian father appeals to find his child missing in Gaza for six months

Assat al-Najjar has been searching in Gaza for six months for his 11-year-old son Mahmoud Osama al-Najjar who went missing during a displacement journey, and launched an appeal to the public to help find him.

The father said in a video posted by Palestinian journalist Moamen Abu Odeh on his Instagram page: “I lost my son, a small child, while I was displaced from Jabalia camp at Al-Azhar University in the vicinity of the Gaza port. I am appealing to the living conscience who knows about my son to inform me.”