Truck delivers fuel to UN agency in Gaza to be used only to transport aid from Rafah, director says
Around 23,000 liters (6,078 gallons) of fuel from Egypt were delivered to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to be used only for transporting aid from Rafah, the organization’s director in Gaza, Thomas White, said on X.
“Just received 23,027 [liters] of fuel from Egypt (half a tanker) – but its use has been restricted by Israeli authorities - only for transporting aid from Rafah,” White wrote. “No fuel for water or hospitals.”
“This is only 9% of what we need daily to sustain lifesaving activities,” he added.
The truck carrying the fuel crossed the border from Egypt into Gaza on Wednesday morning, a CNN stringer at the Rafah border crossing saw. It’s the first truck to carry fuel into the Gaza Strip since Israel imposed a blockade on the strip following Hamas’ attack on October 7.
Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a government agency that liaises with Palestinians on civilian affairs, said earlier that UN trucks transporting humanitarian equipment from the Rafah crossing into the southern Gaza Strip will be refueled at the crossing Wednesday.
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