Overview
- Israel’s COGAT notified the UN that daily aid trucks will drop from 600 to 300 starting Wednesday, with fuel and gas limited to essential humanitarian infrastructure.
- Israeli officials signaled the Rafah crossing would stay closed at least through Wednesday, and UN and Red Cross officials urged that all crossings be opened to raise volumes.
- OCHA says about 190,000 metric tonnes are cleared in a pipeline for Gaza and UNICEF reports 1,370 trucks ready, but agencies say deliveries remain far below the roughly 600-trucks-per-day target.
- The UN World Food Programme reports 137 trucks entered since the weekend and none on Monday due to the hostage-prisoner exchange, with no significant surge seen and northern access still constrained.
- Initial convoys since the ceasefire included cooking gas for the first time since March, and OCHA outlined a 60-day plan to expand operations, while the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it paused some militarized sites and NGOs reported ongoing registration barriers.