Press Release: EU Commissioner Louis Michel calls for assurance on Gaza fuel supply

Louis Michel, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, called upon Israel to ensure delivery of fuel supplies to Gaza. This followed the United Nations warning that its humanitarian efforts there would have to stop in the coming hours because of lack of fuel for its vehicles. The United Nations said on Wednesday that unless petrol was allowed into Gaza, then its humanitarian relief agency UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency) and the WFP (World Food Programme) would be forced to discontinue their food assistance to more than over a million Gazans