[[{"content_id":411274,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Gaza faces looming collapse of municipal services as fuel crisis persists","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"The Gaza Strip’s municipalities have warned that their basic services may stop soon due to the rapidly worsening fuel crisis in the war-torn enclave.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"This came in a statement released by the municipalities on Sunday and read by Khan Yunis mayor Alaa al‑Batta during a news conference held in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe municipalities attributed the fuel crisis to the Israeli refusal to allow in sufficient diesel supplies needed to operate vital facilities and equipment in the Strip.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&ldquo;Since the ceasefire started 50 days ago, Gaza had received fuel supplies sufficient for just five days of work to clear roads, remove rubble, and facilitate the movement of displaced people,&rdquo; the municipalities said.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&ldquo;The very limited quantities allowed in are under the control and management of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which has become unable to respond to or provide even the minimum diesel needs of the municipalities to keep their services running,&rdquo; the municipalities added.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe municipalities called on Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Libya, and Bahrain, to intervene urgently and supply Gaza&rsquo;s municipalities with fuel to ensure the continuation of their services and prevent the collapse of the municipal system amid the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">This came in a statement released by the municipalities on Sunday and read by Khan Yunis mayor Alaa al‑Batta during a news conference held in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The municipalities attributed the fuel crisis to the Israeli refusal to allow in sufficient diesel supplies needed to operate vital facilities and equipment in the Strip.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&ldquo;Since the ceasefire started 50 days ago, Gaza had received fuel supplies sufficient for just five days of work to clear roads, remove rubble, and facilitate the movement of displaced people,&rdquo; the municipalities said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&ldquo;The very limited quantities allowed in are under the control and management of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which has become unable to respond to or provide even the minimum diesel needs of the municipalities to keep their services running,&rdquo; the municipalities added.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The municipalities called on Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Libya, and Bahrain, to intervene urgently and supply Gaza&rsquo;s municipalities with fuel to ensure the continuation of their services and prevent the collapse of the municipal system amid the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2025-12-01 11:34:33","content_date_event":"2025-12-01 11:34:33","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2025-12-01 11:36:40","content_date_register":"2025-12-01 11:36:40","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Gaza faces looming collapse of municipal services as fuel crisis persists","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_150_88.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_300_177.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_400_236.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_600_354.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_900_531.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986_1200_708.webp"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":2508089986,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202512\/562469_2508089986.jpg","width":1536,"height":906,"size":0}}}]}]]