Some supplies remain in Gaza but stocks stranded
Red Cross in talks for access to enclave via Egypt
Says is making preparations in case of Gaza invasion

GENEVA, Oct 12 Reuters The blockaded Gaza Strip still has some fuel to operate generators such as those in hospitals but it could run out in hours, a Red Cross official said on Thursday, saying it is too unsafe to move stored aid around the enclave.

Israel has responded to Saturday39;s deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants by putting Gaza, home to 2.3 million people, under total siege and launching by far the most powerful bombing campaign in the 75year history of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

Our understanding is that there is still fuel but probably only for a few hours to allow generators to work, including in hospitals, Fabrizio Carboni, the International Committee of the Red Cross IRCRC regional director, told reporters.

Carboni said in a later interview that its stocks of aid and medicine within Gaza are stranded for want of safe passage. We still have supply in Gaza. The problem is that we can39;t move.

Talks are ongoing with all parties, including Egypt, to open a humanitarian corridor, with the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt39;s Sinai peninsula the main option being considered, he said.

With the supplies we have inside Gaza, we will not be able to support the civilian population for very long. This is why we need to be able to get the supplies we need to Gaza, he said.

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