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UN aid agencies reducing operations in Gaza due to fuel supplies running low

12:39 pm on 27 October 2023

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UN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because fuel supplies are almost dry.

Twelve more aid trucks have crossed into Gaza but no fuel is getting into the territory - Israel fears Hamas militants may seize it.

Small quantities of fuel retrieved from existing reserves are being used to maintain the water supply in the south, where hundreds of thousands of people are sheltering from Israeli strikes.

However, the UN said that this will run out Friday.

Save the Children New Zealand advocacy director Jacqui Southey spoke to Charlie Dreaver.