UN Relief Chief fast-tracks funding to ensure life-saving fuel supply for Gaza

06 October 2025

Emergency Relief Chief Tom Fletcher has allocated US$9 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to ensure adequate fuel supplies to keep life-saving services running in the Gaza Strip.

OCHA reports a reduction in air strikes in recent days but says that shelling and gunfire continued over the weekend, with 21 people reportedly killed and 96 injured yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Humanitarian access and movement across Gaza remain challenging. Yesterday, eight missions that required coordination with the Israeli authorities were facilitated, including the installation of a solar panel in Deir al Balah, as well as the collection of fuel, food and health supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing. Six other missions were denied, and five had to be cancelled by the organizers.

In Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, the World Food Programme (WFP) was able to deliver wheat flour to bakeries this month, making it easier for families to put bread on their tables. Bakeries are currently working up to 22 hours a day and producing some 100,000 bundles daily.

On Saturday, humanitarian partners prepared and distributed a total of 885,000 meals through 167 kitchens across Gaza. However, only 12 kitchens are operating in the north. The UN and its partners stress the need for unimpeded and sustained access to all parts of Gaza so that aid can reach people wherever they are.

In Al Nasser Medical complex, in Khan Younis, the Ministry of Health reported that three babies are sharing one incubator, raising the risks of contracting infections and diseases.

Meanwhile, aid workers on the ground in Gaza are doing everything possible to serve large numbers of people coming from the north to the south. Partners providing nutrition support have increased the number of service points they are operating in the south from 96 to 118 as of last week.

However, displacement sites and shelters in the south are overcrowded, driving some families to stay at garbage dumping sites such as Al Amal, where some 70 tents have been set up over the past few days. Others are attempting to return to the north, despite Gaza city being declared a “dangerous combat zone,” with no movement towards the north allowed.

OCHA stresses that despite immense challenges, the UN and its humanitarian partners continue to do whatever they can to meet people’s urgent needs across the Strip, despite ongoing violence, limited supplies and restricted access.

They stand ready to deliver at scale as soon as conditions allow.