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Help Gaza Strip Nov 19 08 Darkness in Gaza Nov 18 08 Israel allows 30 UN trucks into Gaza Nov 17 08 Latest News ArticlesFree Gaza Movement call for aiding Gaza through the sea 16:44 Wed 19 Nov Hamas denies intention to allow extension of Abbas's term in office 12:17 Wed 19 Nov A London demonstration protesting at Israel's president visit to the region 11:47 Wed 19 Nov Israeli defense minister keeps up closure of Gaza's crossings 11:15 Wed 19 Nov Israeli military detains four residents from Nablus City 11:01 Wed 19 Nov Israeli military continues rampage in the Taqou' village 09:43 Wed 19 Nov Statements of UN High Commissioner regarding the siege “anger” Israel 23:22 Tue 18 Nov Six Palestinians wounded in an Israeli invasion to Bethlehem 20:45 Tue 18 Nov Abdul-Qader: “Israeli is launching an open war against the Palestinians in Jerusalem” 20:30 Tue 18 Nov Israeli Authorities demolish a Palestinian house in East Jerusalem 20:11 Tue 18 Nov Full StoryUN Agency: If Israel doesn't supply fuel, food distribution will stop Thursday April 24, 2008 00:00 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
 The head of the United Nations Refugee Works Agency commented on Wednesday that the Agency's food distribution program in the Gaza Strip will have to be halted unless Israel supplies fuel to the Gaza Strip immediately. John Ging, the chief of the U.N. Refugee and Works Agency in Gaza, stated that the Agency's fuel supply will run out on Thursday, and they will be unable to deliver needed food supplies to the 860,000 registered refugees in need.
860,000 of Gaza's 1.4 million people receive aid from UNWRA, and an additional 270,000 are serviced by the U.N.'s World Food Program.
Since Israel put the Gaza Strip under siege last year, completely sealing the borders of the occupied territory, the Israeli government has allowed just a trickle of fuel to enter the Gaza Strip. Since April 9th, that trickle has stopped completely, and any fuel that may have been available in the Strip has been completely used up.
Israel has made no commitment as to when or whether it will allow fuel shipments through the sealed border. |
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