Israel has allowed fewer than 100 United Nations aid trucks a day to enter Gaza since the cease-fire earlier this month, far short of the 600 daily deliveries pledged under the plan brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to U.N. data.
Between Oct. 10 and Oct. 21, Israel authorized an average of 1,011 tons of aid — roughly 94 trucks — to enter the enclave each day, U.N. figures show. While this marks an increase from the 62 daily trucks recorded before the cease-fire, the amount remains a fraction of what humanitarian agencies say is urgently needed.
“The situation still remains catastrophic because what’s entering is not enough,” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday. “There is no dent in hunger because there is not enough food.”
The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Israel to ease restrictions on aid, stressing that Palestinians must be provided with “basic needs” to survive amid a declared famine.
The U.N.’s “2720 Mechanism for Gaza,” which tracks aid deliveries, recorded the busiest day on Oct. 16 with 206 trucks entering the strip. U.N. Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher warned that the flow remains “a fraction of what’s needed,” saying only “tens of trucks on a good day” are crossing instead of the hundreds required.
