UN warns children in Gaza may begin to ‘die of thirst’ amid Israel’s fuel blockade

The UN on Tuesday warned that children in the Gaza Strip could begin dying of thirst if Israel’s more than 100-day fuel blockade is not lifted, Anadolu reports. “Fuel, to state the obvious, is essential to produce and to treat and to distribute water to more than 2 million people living inside Gaza,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference, adding that “UNICEF warns that if the current more than 100-day blockade on fuel coming into Gaza does not end, children may begin to die of thirst.” Dujarric said Palestinians are being killed and injured, including “reports of people coming under fire near non-UN militarized distribution sites on routes designated by the Israeli authorities for the United Nations to […]