United Nations agencies are likely to run out of food aid soon in southern Gaza -- possibly by tomorrow -- said Georgios Petropoulos, the head of the UN Humanitarian Agency (OCHA) in Gaza.
"The World Food Programme and UNRWA will run out of food for distribution in the south by tomorrow. That means that people will be left only with the aid that has already been distributed in their shelters, in their homes, and on-site. As of today (May 10) we have 12 bakeries supported by humanitarian partners here in South Gaza," Petropoulos said in a post on OCHA's X account on Friday.
Eight of the bakeries had ceased operations due to lack of staff, and four of them are operating at reduced capacity and will be out of stock by Monday, he added.
The closure of the Rafah Crossing and Kerem Shalom, the border crossing between southern Gaza and Israel, had "severed our access to fuel, supplies, and the movement of humanitarian staff," Petropoulos said in a video message recorded on Friday but posted on Saturday.
Aid agencies have long warned of a spiraling humanitarian crisis in Gaza under Israel’s military assault.
On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces released a statement saying that "over the last few days, we facilitated the entry of 200,000 liters of fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing."
The IDF also said "over the last few days" Hamas had fired rockets from Rafah towards the humanitarian aid crossing, but it did not specify exactly when the attacks took place.