NHK staff members in the Gaza Strip have reported that there are acute shortages of food and other supplies in the territory. They also say that the situation is dire.

Footage taken on Saturday in Rafah, southern Gaza, by NHK crew members shows people rushing to bakeries and fast food shops that are still operating.

In the footage, evacuees can be seen standing in a line in front of a bakery in the city. The line stretches for tens of meters.

A staff member at the bakery told NHK the workers there have been baking five times the usual amount of bread, as large numbers of evacuees have come to the city. But he said there is no telling how long the bakery will be able to continue to bake bread, as there is a shortage of gas.

The footage also shows people filling containers with water at water trucks and then carrying the containers away. A shortage of electricity in the city has made it difficult to pump water from wells.

Mohammed Shehada works in NHK's Gaza Office. He issued a report on Saturday about the humanitarian aid convoy that entered Gaza from Egypt. Shehada said that 20 trucks had apparently entered the territory. But he added that the amount of aid brought in is simply not enough.

Shehada noted that hospitals in Gaza are running out of gasoline and other kinds of fuel that they need to operate generators. He described the situation as critical and tragic.

Israel will not allow gasoline and other kinds of fuel to be delivered to Gaza. It is concerned that Hamas could gain access to the supplies, if they were delivered.

Shehada suggested that Israel's explanation is akin to a bad joke. He said the territory is acutely short of medicine, food and fuel.

He called on the international community to take action before it is too late. He said people are dying in Gaza. Shehada added that, without action, there will be no food at all in the region in several days.

He went on to say that air strikes have been continuing in southern Gaza, even though the Israeli military advised people to evacuate to that region.

He said people in the Strip have been suffering mentally. Shehada added that what is going on in Gaza should not be tolerated because it amounts to slaughter.