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2023-10-25 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

If the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees needs fuel, it can ask Hamas for some, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) said on Tuesday, in response to UNRWA’s appeals for humanitarian aid to Gaza.

"These fuel tanks are inside Gaza. They contain more than 500,000 liters of fuel. Ask Hamas if you can have some," the IDF said on X, formerly Twitter, accompanied by a satellite photo of a dozen objects near Rafah.

It was a direct reply to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which had posted earlier, "If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip as of tomorrow night," meaning Wednesday.

Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza after the October 7 incursion by Hamas, which claimed the lives of an estimated 1,400 Israelis, with another 200 or so taken hostage. The IDF has also bombed Gaza with artillery and airplanes, vowing to "dismantle" Hamas.

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