It’s been 13 days since Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza and the situation continues to deteriorate for the 2.3 million population, Al Jazeera reports.

“We are feeling it on multiple levels,” Olga Cherevko from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Al Jazeera. “The hope that began when the ceasefire started is being replaced with fear, alarm and concern that supplies are running out.”

She said food security “could deteriorate quite rapidly unless the supplies are restored”. Six of the 25 World Food Programme bakeries have been forced to close because there is no fuel to run them.

Israel cut electricity to a crucial water desalination plant, threatening Gaza’s potable water supply.

“The water and sanitation situation was already dire with most of the facilities destroyed during the months of fighting. This latest [Israeli] decision reduces access to drinking water to about 600,000 people,” Cherevko said.