The World Food Program confirmed the need for 40 trucks to enter the Gaza Strip daily, so that it can expand the scope of its operations and provide food aid to 1.1 million people in the next two months.

The program warned in a statement that the catastrophic conditions facing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip “may be exacerbated by the severe fuel shortage, which threatens to halt food aid and other relief operations inside the Strip.”

The program stressed that without additional fuel supplies, “bakeries that work with the World Food Program will not be able to produce bread,” noting that if they stop working, this will be “a painful blow to thousands of families.”

He stressed that the residents of the Gaza Strip need assistance to be provided continuously and at a level consistent with the enormous needs to alleviate suffering and enable the delivery of the necessary aid for life.