The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent has said that its operations in Gaza may stop within days in the absence of fresh supplies, and that its ambulance fleet is running at only a third of capacity due to fuel shortages, Reuters reports.

Asked how long his organisation could continue operating in Gaza, Palestine Red Crescent Society President Younis Al-Khatib told reporters in Geneva: “It’s a matter of time. It could be days.

“We are running out of fuel. The capacity of ambulances we work with now is one third,” he added, saying its gasoline-powered ambulances had already halted but it had some that were running on solar power provided by the United Nations.