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Gaza Aid Increases Slightly but Fails to Meet Critical Needs

Despite Israel allowing limited aid trucks into Gaza, severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel persist, with logistical barriers delaying distribution to desperate civilians.

Tents housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, on Tuesday. The UN says 80 per cent of Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant movement Hamas. Israel, pressing a newly expanded military offensive across the Gaza Strip, has faced mounting pressure including from key backer the United States to end the aid blockade it imposed on March 2.
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Trucks carrying aid drive at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, before going into Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Overview

  • Israel has eased its blockade, allowing around 90–100 aid trucks into Gaza daily, far below the pre-blockade average of 600 trucks.
  • New Israeli-imposed procedures and inspections have caused significant delays in aid distribution, leaving many Gazans without access to essential supplies.
  • The United Nations reports that a quarter of Gaza's 2.3 million residents face famine risk, with malnutrition rates escalating sharply, particularly among children and mothers.
  • Ongoing Israeli airstrikes and ground operations have further devastated Gaza, killing over 35 people on Thursday alone and crippling the healthcare system, with most hospitals nonfunctional.
  • Humanitarian organizations warn that the current aid flow is insufficient to address the worsening crisis, as international pressure mounts on Israel to fully lift the blockade.