Israel Blocks Cooking Gas From Entering Gaza, Sends Trucks Back Empty

sajadi Editor : Widi - Monday, 2 November 2026 - 18:00 WIB

Monday, 2 November 2026 - 18:00 WIB

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Gaza, MINA – Israeli occupation forces prevented all cooking gas shipments from entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday, further worsening the fuel crisis that has affected residents since the outbreak of Israel’s genocidal war on the territory, according to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC).

Gaza’s General Petroleum Authority confirmed in a statement on its official account that no cooking gas entered the Strip throughout the day, adding that all trucks were sent back empty from the crossing without delivering their supplies.

Gaza has faced a persistent cooking gas shortage since the beginning of the war, as Israel’s closure of border crossings and restrictions on the entry of sufficient supplies have deprived thousands of Palestinian families of an essential means of preparing food.

The severe cooking gas shortage, combined with rising prices for the limited quantities still available in local markets, has forced thousands of households to rely on firewood and primitive cooking methods amid harsh living conditions and a critical lack of alternatives.

Concerns are mounting over the health and environmental consequences of using these alternative cooking methods inside overcrowded displacement tents and shelters, particularly because of heavy smoke and the absence of safe cooking conditions.

The cooking gas blockade is one layer of a broader restrictions regime that has left Gaza’s 2.3 million residents without reliable access to food, water, fuel, and medical care. It comes as the enclave enters its fourth winter since the war began, with most Palestinians living in frail tents that cannot withstand rain or cold, according to the UN Human Rights Office, which has described the displacement situation as an “acute and chronic nightmare.”

The absence of cooking gas forces families to burn firewood and other materials inside or near crowded tents, creating risks of fire, smoke inhalation, and burns. The danger is not hypothetical. On Saturday, two infant girls, Habiba Zannoun, four months old, and Aseel Abu Suhaiban, six months old, died from severe burns after a fire engulfed a displacement tent in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis.

The gas restrictions also compound a water crisis deepened by generator failures and a medical system strained by the inability to evacuate patients abroad. Save the Children has reported that medical evacuations of children from Gaza have fallen by 75 percent compared with the first year of the war, while about 21,000 sick and wounded Palestinians, a quarter of them children, remain on waiting lists for treatment abroad.

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that 74,609 Palestinians have been killed and 175,834 injured since October 7, 2023. With border crossings closed to essential supplies and cooking gas barred entirely on Sunday, families face a compounding set of hazards in which the most basic daily task, preparing food, becomes a source of injury and illness.[]

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)