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UN warns of food aid shortages, a after week Israel closes Gaza border

(13 Nov 2008) SHOTLIST Gaza city, Gaza Strip 1. Exterior shot of United Nations building 2. UN supply truck 3. Various pans of empty warehouse 4. Set up shot of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Director in Gaza, John Ging 5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, UNRWA Director in Gaza: "We had hoped that today the crossings would be open, in fact, we had been informed that they would be open. We had despatched our trucks to the crossing point to bring in the immediate needs but unfortunately we have, during the course of this morning, been informed that it will not now open for security reasons." Kerem Shalom, border with Gaza 6. Wide of closed gate at crossing where cargo was expected to go through 7. Various of Palestinian trucks expected to pick up supplies parked at crossing 8. Security by gate 9. Wide of crossing, truck backing up 10. Shot through fence Nahal Oz crossing, border with Gaza 11. Various of supply trucks parked 12. Pan of petrol cylinders Gaza city, Gaza Strip 13. Wide of people waiting for food distribution 14. Close up of sign on UNRWA distribution centre 15. Wide of distribution centre 16. Palestinians walking away with supplies 17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sabah Al- Arayshi, Palestinian woman waiting to get food supplies: "We will die of hunger. What is more, our situation is very bad in Gaza. We do not even have one tomato, neither I nor others, nor the whole people." 18. Pan of people outside distribution centre 19. Wide of man driving supplies away on cart 20. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, UNRWA Director in Gaza: "Today is our last day of reserves because we've been working here from hand-to-mouth now for quite a long time. So these interruptions on the crossing points affect us immediately. So the immediate impact is that on Saturday morning, we won't have any food to distribute." 21. Wide of Palestinians waiting for supplies STORYLINE A UN official warned on Thursday that Israel's closure of Gaza border crossings means that the UN Relief and Works Agency will not have enough supplies to deliver food to some 750-thousand Gaza residents as of Saturday. John Ging, the director of UNRWA in Gaza said that Thursday is the last day of reserves. "The immediate impact is that on Saturday morning, we won't have any food to distribute," he said. Israel has kept its crossings sealed with Gaza for nine days. It said the closure came in response to ongoing Palestinian rocket and mortar fire at the Jewish State. Israel had said small quantities of food aid would be allowed in on Thursday. But Ging said the aid agency was informed during the course of the morning that the crossings would be closed for security reasons. At the Kerem Shalom and Nahal Oz crossings trucks expecting to load supplies entering from Israel were left empty. "We had despatched our trucks to the crossing point to bring in the immediate needs but unfortunately we have, during the course of this morning, been informed that it will not now open for security reasons," Ging said. Some 30 trucks of food aid were meant to reach Gaza on Thursday to replenish dwindling warehouse stocks. A UN flour warehouse in Gaza, full a week ago, now stands empty, the guttural sounds of trucks replaced by the chirping of pigeons in the rafters. Another warehouse holds just a few crates of lunch meat, while the space usually filled with oil and powdered milk is taken up by air conditioners for medical centres yet to be built. The crisis is only the latest since Islamic militants from Hamas overran the Gaza Strip last year. Hamas and Israel are bitter enemies. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...