RABAT, November 22. /TASS/. The Gaza Strip is receiving aid that amounts to only 5% of the enclave's population needs, a public relations adviser of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) told the Al Jazeera TV channel.

"Only 5% of the needed aid is currently reaching the Gaza Strip," he said. "The amount of aid coming in is very low and we are forced to distribute it to the largest number of displaced people," the UNRWA official added.

"The Gaza Strip is living under difficult medical conditions, which makes it exposed to risks of environmental and health disasters," the TV channel's source pointed out.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when Hamas militants staged a surprise attack on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel has announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and has been delivering air strikes on Gaza as well as some parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also underway in the West Bank.