Depleted food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to halt for several days in the Gaza Strip as key border crossings remain closed.
This has forced hospitals to close and led to more hunger and malnutrition in Gaza, UN aid agencies warned on May 10.
Humanitarian workers have sounded the alarm this week over the closure of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings – the main route for aid into the Gaza Strip and to reach civilians – as part of Israel’s Rafah offensive, where an estimated 1 million displaced people have taken refuge.
The Israeli army launched a military operation in the city of Rafah - southern Gaza Strip - to eliminate Hamas militants and destroy infrastructure used by this force.
1.7 million people in Gaza are facing starvation due to the Israeli military's ground offensive on Rafah and the blocked flow of aid.
"For the past five days, there has been no fuel and hardly any humanitarian aid trucks have been able to enter the Gaza Strip. We are scraping the bottom of the barrel," said Hamish Young, UNICEF's senior emergency coordinator in the Gaza Strip.
"This is a major problem for the people of Gaza and all humanitarian organizations. In the next few days, if the problem is not resolved, the lack of fuel could bring humanitarian activities to a standstill," he told a briefing.
Mr Young added that more than 100,000 people have fled the city of Rafah in the past five days.
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