Gaza fuel supply “restricted” by Israel for aid transportation only, is needed for hospitals: WHO

On Wednesday, a truck with 23,000 litres of fuel entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, becoming the region’s first supply of fuel since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adrhanom Ghebreyesus, however, Israel has restricted the use of the much-needed fuel to “only transporting aid from Rafah.”

Ghebreyesus says at least “120,000 liters a day are needed to operate hospitals, generators, ambulances, desalination plants, sewage treatment plants and telecommunications."

Triggered by an unprecedented attack on Israel by Palestinian Hamas militants, Israel began its full-scale military attack on the Gaza Strip five weeks ago and has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians since — destroying many of their resources, too, along the way.

Without the fueling requirements of health care facilities, telecommunications institutions, and other major infrastructures being met, Dr. Teresa Zakaria — Health Emergency Officer for the WHO — suggests that transports passing through the Rafah crossing with other necessary supplies “will never be sufficient to actually meet the health needs of the population in Gaza.”

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