We’ve heard from Juliette Touma, director of communications at the UN"s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), who says the situation in Gaza is getting increasingly worse, writes BBC.

UNRWA is now helping more than 700,000 people in 150 of its shelters, she tells our TV colleagues on the BBC News channel. Colleagues of Touma’s are also continuing to be killed, she says, noting that figure is up to 99.

“We do not have the supplies, and we have the same issue with fuel shortages”, she says, adding that children are asking UN officials visiting Gaza for a piece of bread or a sip of their water.

Asked if Israel, then, is wrong to suggest there’s no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Touma says this “is not the time for tit for tat” and that she is partaking in the interview to relay “the facts”.

To provide more assistance, she says, Unrwa needs two things: fuel and a humanitarian ceasefire.

No fuel has been allowed into Gaza since the Hamas attacks on 7 October. Israel says there is enough in the territory, accusing Hamas of hoarding it. The US says the UN has been able to access some reserves, but the UN has continued to say more fuel is desperately needed.