UN says fuel shortage in Gaza at ‘critical levels’ – Middle East crisis live

<p>A lack of fuel means ‘lifelines will vanish for 2.1 million people’, the UN said</p><p><strong>Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said on Saturday, the Associated Press (AP) reports.</strong><br /><br />
The four children and two women were among at least 13 people who were killed in <strong>Deir al-Balah,</strong> in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes pounded the area starting late on Friday, officials in <strong>Al-Aqsa Martyr’s hospital</strong> said.</p><p>Another four people were killed in <strong>strikes near a fuel station,</strong> and 15 others died in Israeli airstrikes in <strong>Khan Younis,</strong> in southern Gaza, according to <strong>Nasser hospital.</strong><br /><br />
The Israeli military said in a statement that over the past 48 hours, troops struck approximately 250 targets in the Gaza Strip, including militants, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, sniper posts, tunnels and additional Hamas infrastructure sites.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/12/israel-gaza-war-latest-news-updates-middle-east-hamas-netanyahu-iran">Continue reading...</a>