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Gaza
And an update on the situation in Gaza, where, as we have said before, the ongoing energy crisis is having a devastating impact on the already dire humanitarian situation. Today, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, wrote to the donor community informing them that the United Nations‑assisted emergency fuel program, which provides life‑saving fuel to operate standby emergency generators at critical health centres, water and sanitation facilities, has now run out of funding. If new funds are not received immediately, we will be facing a potentially catastrophic breakdown in service delivery, whereby services provided at hospitals, clinics, as well as sewage treatment, water and sanitation facilities will cease. Based on the current electricity deficit in Gaza, with up to 20 hours of power outages per day, a minimum of $4.5 million is required to enable the delivery of some 1.4 million litres of emergency fuel per month to sustain these services until the end of the year.