![Palestinians pass makeshift roadside facilities where alternative fuel is produced due to Israel’s blockade and the prolonged closure of border crossings, as they wait for humanitarian aid convoys along the coastal al-Rashid Street in Gaza on July 3, 2025. [Saeed M. M. T. Jaras - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AA-20250703-38463366-38463335-FUEL_SHORTAGES_IN_GAZA_PUSH_PALESTINIANS_TOWARD_HAZARDOUS_PRODUCTION_METHODS.jpg)
More than 714,000 people have been displaced inside the Gaza Strip since Israel resumed its assault on March 18, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday, Anadolu reports. “People are confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 85 percent of the Gaza Strip now within the Israeli-militarized zone, under displacement orders, or where these overlap,” UNRWA said in a statement, citing figures by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). “Over 714,000 people have been displaced yet again since the breakdown of the ceasefire.” The UN agency said Gaza is also suffering a deepening fuel crisis, threatening the total collapse of humanitarian operations. “Lifesaving services including health, water and sanitation, telecommunications and protection services are at […]
