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Around 150 thousand liters of fuel destined for hospitals entered today Link crossing the border Rafathat connects the Strip with EgyptEgyptian media reported.
Egyptian television channels Al-Qahera News It is Extra newsclose to the Egyptian government, stated that “almost 150 thousand liters of fuel entered Rafa for hospitals Gaza strip”.
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Al Qahera News posted on its X (formerly Twitter) account that it stated “the restoration of the flow of fuel trucks through the Rafah crossing towards Link”, while the Extra News channel added that this action is due to the fact that “Egyptian pressure on all parties (involved in the conflict) manages to increase the volume of aid”to the Palestinian enclave.
In fact, this same Friday, the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Peeperkornsaid that a fuel entry mechanism could begin to operate in the Strip, which “must be continuous to guarantee the humanitarian operation”.
According to what he told the press via videoconference, the continuity of this system must be guaranteed to “put desalination plants, bakeries and telecommunications back to work”, although it did not provide details on the regularity of supply or whether Israel will impose conditions on the use of the fuel.
In turn, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shukriyesterday reiterated the mediating role of the Egypt in a meeting with the press with the presence of EFE, and emphasized the efforts to speed up the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip and mainly fuel not only for trucks from humanitarian organizations, but for hospitals, bakeries and purification stations.
The entry of this fuel destined for the enclave’s hospitals is the first since the beginning of the war between Israel against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in the first week of last month, although trucks with medical supplies have been authorized to enter since October 21, although with a ban on fuel due to Israel’s fear that it will reach the hands of the Islamic group.
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Furthermore, it occurs two days after the entry of the first truck loaded with fuel so that the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) could restore the entry of humanitarian aid into its convoys after halting activity for a day due to a lack of fuel in its trucks.
It was precisely then that the director of UNRWA in Gaza, Tomás Brancoregretted that the fuel received had been restricted by Israel for use by humanitarian organizations and could not be diverted to “water nor for hospitals”, whose services were suspended or reduced as fuel reserves were depleted.
Source: Elcomercio
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