Gaza - New York: Europe and the Arabs Since the escalation of hostilities on October 7, humanitarian partners have provided partial shelter and other non-food assistance to about 900,000 people in Gaza, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. According to what was stated in the United Nations daily news bulletin, a copy of which we received on Friday morning The office added that the United Nations partners in the humanitarian field arrived last week to displaced people who had taken refuge in areas outside the United Nations sites in Rafah and provided them with approximately 8,000 pieces of bedding and 1,600 sets of insulation tools used in shelters and weather-resistant tents, and there are thousands of tents. Additional equipment and other supplies are in the process of being prepared. The office said that the World Central Kitchen, one of the United Nations’ humanitarian partners, provided at least 39,000 meals in Rafah last Tuesday, and at least 173,000 meals in Rafah, Khan Yunis, and Deir al-Balah last Monday. But the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that food stocks remain low. Fuel receipt The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs added that in the areas south of the Gaza Valley, humanitarian missions delivered more than 450,000 liters of fuel during the first half of February, through 25 out of 42 planned missions that required advance coordination and facilitation with the Israeli authorities. As for the areas north of the Gaza Valley, the Israeli authorities authorized only two of 21 fuel missions planned by humanitarian partners in the first two weeks of this month, which allowed the delivery of 38,000 liters of fuel, according to OCHA. In contrast, all 16 fuel delivery and assessment missions scheduled to be sent to water and wastewater pumping stations in northern Gaza were denied entry.