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Ceasefire Boosts Gaza Aid, but WFP Says Flows Still Far Below Needs With North Cut Off

Access constraints are stalling the UN’s 60-day scale-up despite extensive pre-positioned supplies.

A truck carries aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Overview

  • Roughly 750 metric tons of food are entering Gaza each day after the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, well below the World Food Programme’s 2,000-ton daily target.
  • Only the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings are open, leaving Gaza City and the famine-hit north without large-scale convoys, though limited nutrition items have moved north via the south.
  • Official Israeli data presented to mediators showed hundreds of trucks crossing daily through the two points, including small numbers carrying fuel and gas.
  • The World Health Organization delivered surgical and essential medical supplies for transfer to Al‑Shifa Hospital and deployed an international emergency medical team to bolster trauma and surgical care.
  • UN teams are implementing a 60‑day surge with tens of thousands of tonnes pre‑positioned and a goal of 170,000 tonnes, but damaged roads, tight NGO permissions and severe funding shortfalls are constraining the response.