The head of humanitarian affairs at the United Nations, Martin Griffiths, stressed on Tuesday the need for fuel to enter the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.

Griffiths said on his page on the “AX” website, “The aid delivered to Gaza so far is barely making an impact,” adding, “We need more, now.”

"We need the aid to go to civilians in need wherever they are," he added.

For her part, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine, Lynn Hastings, said in her speech during the UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, that fuel is important for delivering aid to all areas of Gaza.

She added: "We will not limit humanitarian aid deliveries to one place, and we do not want humanitarian aid to be used as an attraction to transport people, and for this reason we need fuel to deliver aid to all parts of Gaza."