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UNRWA says fuel shortage will shut down aid work in Gaza within 48 hours

Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 12 [Fatima Shbair/AP Photo]

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that it will be forced to suspend aid work in the Gaza Strip within 48 hours, as an Israeli siege strains access to much-needed fuel.

In a social media post on Monday, Thomas White, the Gaza chief for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that fuel has not been allowed into Gaza for more than a month, as humanitarian conditions reach critical levels.

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