Fuel reserves at Gaza hospitals likely to run out in 24 hours, UN warns

“The lives of thousands of patients” will be “at risk” if fuel reserves at all of Gaza’s hospitals run out in the next 24 hours as is expected, the UN is warning. Conditions for people in Gaza are worsening, with water, food, power and medicines in scarce supply. Israeli troops continue to amass near Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive targeting Hamas militants.

Israel has told 1.1m Palestinians living in the north of Gaza to move south. Hundreds of thousands have done so – doubling the population of the southern city of Khan Younis overnight. The UN says the Middle East “is on the verge of the abyss” and asks Israel to let humanitarian aid in. More than 1,400 people were killed in Israel last weekend when Hamas fighters crossed the border to attack civilians and soldiers. More than 2,450 people have been killed by Israel’s bombing of Gaza, Palestinian authorities say, with an estimated 1,000 missing under rubble

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