A Palestinian man carries a bag of flower at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip on July 12, 2025. Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel's proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on Saturday, July 12, 2025. -- Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
GENEVA (AFP): The United Nations warned Saturday that dire fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip had reached "critical levels", threatening to further increase the suffering in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
Seven UN agencies said in a joint statement that "fuel is the backbone of survival in Gaza".
