UN warns children in Gaza may begin to ‘die of thirst’ amid Israel’s fuel blockade – Middle East Monitor

The UN on Tuesday warned that children in the Gaza Strip could begin dying of thirst if Israel’s more than 100-day fuel blockade is not lifted, Anadolu reports.

“Fuel, to state the obvious, is essential to produce and to treat and to distribute water to more than 2 million people living inside Gaza,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference, adding that “UNICEF warns that if the current more than 100-day blockade on fuel coming into Gaza does not end, children may…