First fuel truck enters Gaza from Egypt , UN says it's 'not at all enough'

A fuel truck entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt Wednesday, state-aligned Al Qahera News reported, in the first such delivery since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7.

An Egyptian source said the fuel would be delivered to the United Nations "to facilitate the delivery of aid after trucks on the Palestinian side stopped operating for lack of fuel".

COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry body that handles Palestinian civil affairs, had said earlier that "U.N. trucks transporting humanitarian aid through the Rafah crossing will be refuelled at the Rafah crossing, per U.S. request."

Witnesses at the Egyptian border said two more trucks were waiting to pass through the crossing.

The fuel that entered Gaza was "not at all enough", the United Nations agency for supporting Palestinian refugees said.

"This is the equivalent of half a truck! Not at all enough. Much more is needed. Fuel is being used as weapon of war, this must stop," UNRWA said on X, formerly Twitter.

In a separate post, UNRWA confirmed receiving 23,027 litres (6,083 gallons) of fuel, saying it met only "nine percent" of what the agency needs daily to sustain lifesaving work.