UN Halts Delivery of Supplies to Gaza Amid Communications Blackout

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed

Israeli forces have signalled they could expand their offensive toward Gaza’s south while continuing operations in the north. Troops have been searching for the territory’s biggest hospital, Shifa, for traces of a Hamas command centre Israel alleges was located under the building.
The United Nations was forced on Friday to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing risk of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of lack of fuel.
Israel announced that it will allow two tanker trucks of fuel into Gaza each day for the U.N. and communication systems. That amount is half of what the U.N. said it needs for lifesaving functions for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza, including powering water systems, hospitals, bakeries and the trucks delivering aid.