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Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that water pumps had stopped at one site for displaced people there on Wednesday \u201cbecause there\u2019s no fuel\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are really – unless the situation changes – hours away from a catastrophic decline and a shutdown of more facilities if no fuel enters<\/strong> or more fuel isn’t retrieved immediately,\u201d she told UN News.<\/em><\/p>\n In its latest update on the emergency, OCHA said that without the immediate entry of fuel or access to reserves, 80 per cent of Gaza\u2019s critical care units essential for births and medical emergencies will shut down.<\/p>\n The development comes as Gaza\u2019s authorities reported that 15 people had been killed near an aid distribution hub in the centre of the Strip on Thursday.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, unverified videos of another incident circulating on social media showed dead bodies lying in the street near a relief facility in the southern city of Khan Younis, reportedly following artillery fire.<\/p>\n Finding food is a daily challenge for increasingly desperate Gazans who are \u201csimply waiting for food and hoping to find something in order not to watch their children starve in front of their eyes<\/strong>\u201d, Ms. Cherevko explained.<\/p>\n She added: \u201cI spoke with a woman a couple of days ago where she told me that she went with a friend of hers who is nine months pregnant in hopes of finding some food.<\/p>\n Of course, they didn’t manage because they were too afraid to enter areas where there could be incidents like the ones that have been reported over the past few days.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in Gaza City, OCHA\u2019s Ms. Cherenko said that conditions in shelters in Gaza are now \u201cabsolutely horrific\u201d and increasingly crowded – \u201cthere are people coming from the north constantly,\u201d the veteran aid worker added, while others are also moving back northwards, likely to be closer to the entry points for aid convoys.<\/p>\n The amount of aid entering Gaza today remains extremely limited and far below the 600 trucks a day that used to reach the enclave before the war began in October 2023. In its latest update, OCHA reported that \u201cstarvation and a growing likelihood of famine\u201d are ever-present in the enclave. An estimated 55,000 pregnant women now face miscarriage, stillbirth and undernourished newborns as a result of the food shortages.<\/p>\nMore killed seeking aid<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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