The UN food agency has said that “severe fuel shortages” may force it to stop supplying emergency food aid to thousands of displaced families in the besieged Gaza Strip, Reuters reports.

“Only two of our contracted bakeries have fuel to produce bread at the moment and tomorrow there might be none,” World Food Programme (WFP) Representative Samer Abdeljaber said.

“This would be a terrible blow to the thousands of families living in shelters who have been relying on the daily bread deliveries,” he added in a statement.

It also said that “essential food commodities are rapidly running out in Gaza’s shops”, as they are unable to restock “due to damaged roads, safety concerns and shortage of fuel”.