Since October 7, no fuel has entered the Palestinian Gaza Strip while the crisis escalated. Al Jazeera Gaza reported this to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, highlighting the critical need for fuel and the call to halt Israel’s actions that have contributed to civilian suffering.
The ministry emphasized an urgent need to supply fuel to Gaza and urged an immediate stop to what it described as Israel’s actions that harm civilians and impede relief efforts.
Reporters noted that air strikes and heavy bombardments damaged the roads and infrastructure linking Gaza’s north and south. This disruption complicates the ability of those permitted to enter Gaza to receive essential goods delivered by aid convoys.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli towns, capturing military equipment and taking hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces launched an operation named Iron Swords, with the stated objective of dismantling Hamas. The IDF carried out strikes against numerous Hamas targets across the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, electricity, and fuel supplies to the territory.
Naor Ben-Gvir, who previously served as Israeli Minister of National Security, argued that sending only several hundred tons of explosives and not delivering any substantial humanitarian aid was insufficient until the civilian hostages were released.