Hospital, doctors are also warning of a fuel shortage. With no electricity, they say many of their tiny patients would die. More than 5,000 pregnant women in gaza are expected to give birth in the next month. With hospitals overwhelmed, the u. N. Wants to distribute home birthing kits containing soap, a plastic sheet, and scissors for cutting the umbilical cord. But so far they cant get them in. Even before this war, gaza was mired in poverty. 80 of its people relied on international aid. Then israel imposed a total siege, blocking food, fuel, and medicine from going in. The u. N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees is sheltering around 600,000 displaced people and says it will run out of fuel by tomorrow. Israel says hamas needs fuel for its rockets and military operations and claims hamas is hoarding it and stealing it from civilians, releasing aerial images of these tanks which it says contain more than 100,000 gallons. We cannot independently verify that. And today a Senior Leader from
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