With Fuel Shortages in Gaza, U.N. Aid Group May Shut Down Operations
A U.N. agency that has offered a wartime lifeline to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians warned of “tough decisions” ahead if it cannot get fuel.
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A U.N. agency that has offered a wartime lifeline to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians warned of “tough decisions” ahead if it cannot get fuel.
And top U.S. officials have been working in recent days to slow down the looming Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.
Violence on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, and strikes in Syria and the West Bank, sent shock waves through the Middle East.
Israel, Egypt, the United Nations and others are still working out the details of delivering food, water and medicine, as Israel prepares a possible ground invasion.
But the 20-truck shipment of food, water and medical supplies is only a fraction of what is needed to head off a catastrophe, officials say.