The World Health Organization expressed concern about the lack of aid reaching the Gaza Strip, and highlighted the impact of fuel scarcity on healthcare in the Strip.

The Regional Director of the World Health Organization, Hanan Balkhi, said in a press conference in the Swiss city of Geneva that the health sector in Gaza alone needs 80,000 liters of fuel per day, but the last supplies that arrived in the sector at the end of last month were between 195,000 and 200,000 liters.

She added via video from the occupied city of Jerusalem that this shipment was shared by all sectors, including the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.

As a result, Balkhi said, hospitals are once again facing a fuel shortage that threatens the interruption of vital services and the death of injured people due to the delay of ambulances.

Balkhi arrived in Palestine last Sunday to follow up on the critical health crisis in the Gaza Strip, which is escalating in the West Bank, and the decisive work being done by the World Health Organization and partners to provide life-saving aid.

During her visit, Balkhi will meet with officials, partners and donors to reaffirm WHO's commitment to leading and coordinating the humanitarian health response, despite the many restrictions.

“Together as the United Nations, we support the rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to health,” Balkhi said.