A catastrophic situation is observed in the supply of water and electricity in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by TASS Ambassador of Palestine to the Russian Federation Abdel Hafiz Nofal.
The ambassador described the issue of providing water and energy as a “big problem”.
“On the first day, they cut off both water and electricity. Yesterday they started giving people some water, but this catastrophic situation in Gaza still continues,” Nofal said.
According to information CNNThe Rafah gate of the aid convoy heading to the Gaza Strip will not be opened on Friday. It was previously reported that it would be opened.
Sources told reporters that road repairs on the Egyptian side of the buffer zone are needed and that many other details are in place to ensure the aid is continuous and not one-off.
The agency’s interlocutor said it was “a really unstable situation.”
“These people are waiting for food, medicine and water. If we tell them 20 trucks are coming and we don’t know when the next one is coming, that creates a really dangerous situation. “If I were in this situation, if I thought there would be no more trucks left, I would do everything I could to get the contents,” the source shared his concerns.
US officials expect a convoy of first aid trucks from Egypt to Gaza to cross the border this weekend, possibly on Saturday.
A US official warned that the situation was fragile as preparations continued to deliver humanitarian aid.
Former U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield, the U.S. special envoy for humanitarian assistance to the Middle East, is “having conversations with the Israelis on the ground” and working out the details, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a Thursday afternoon briefing.
“I don’t want to talk about exactly what the agreement will look like on trucks because that’s an issue that continues to be discussed and Ambassador Satterfield is negotiating on the ground,” Miller said.
The agreement was for 20 trucks, but 200 trucks have reached the border, so if there is an agreement, aid can continue.
Previously Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant promiseHe said the “unprecedented response” to the Gaza Strip would be remembered for 50 years.