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The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warns of "deliberate attempt" to "paralyse" its Gaza operations, saying it is running out of fuel. "UNRWA is now running out of fuel. We will not be able to uphold our commitment to provide for the Palestinian people any longer. I do believe there is a deliberate attempt to strangle our operation and paralyse the UNRWA operation," Philippe Lazzarini tells a press conference in Geneva. Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas in retaliation for the attacks of October 7, which killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and saw about 240 people hostage, according to Israeli officials. SOUNDBITE
The health system in the Gaza Strip is "on its knees," the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns the United Nations Security Council. SOUNDBITE
Ten children in Gaza are "losing one leg or two legs" every day, says Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, as he delivers a press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
US Central Command anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, aimed to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, says Pentagon's spokesperson Sabrina Singh. SOUNDBITE
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip "only have enough fuel to run health services...for three more days" says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who blames closed border crossings for the shortage. "Fuel that we expected to be allowed in today has not been allowed in" he says, explaining that, if supplies are not able to get into Gaza, the WHO "cannot sustain our life-saving support." SOUNDBITE
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