United Nations Radio

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Maxwell Gaylard, said that the fuel crossing at Nahal Oz was opened Monday for the transfer of urgently needed industrial fuel with the assistance of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Gaylard told a press briefing estimates are that the Palestinian fatalities are five hundred and rising, and the injured are 2,500 and rising.
UN Spokeswoman Michele Montas quotes Gaylard as saying the movement within the Strip is a severe challenge:

"Ambulances and medical workers are facing increasing difficulty reaching the wounded, and some have been killed in doing so. Getting medical supplies to where they need to be is also extremely challenging."

Beit Hanoun; Gaza; UNRWA

For its part, UNRWA says it is struggling to maintain its services in Gaza, but it has opened all but two of its food distribution centres there, as well as all but five of its 18 health centres. The Relief and Works Agency has also opened seven shelters around the Gaza Strip, which are currently housing some 4,000 people affected by the recent fighting.
UNRWA emphasizes the need for humanitarian breathing space. It calls upon Israel to allow industrial quantities of wheat to pass through the conveyor belt at the Karni crossing. It also calls for more fuel to get into Gaza; at present, the Agency says, one million people in Gaza are without electricity, while a quarter of a million people lack fresh water.
This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.
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