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Only 10 Percent of U.N. Aid Reaches Gaza Civilians as Distribution Violence Rises

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff visits Rafah to redesign a stalled aid pipeline following U.N. findings that militias seize the vast majority of deliveries

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Overview

  • A U.N. review found that of more than 2,010 aid trucks entering Gaza since May, only about 10 percent reached civilians unimpeded, with armed groups and desperate crowds intercepting the rest.
  • The United Nations reports that at least 1,373 Palestinians have died since May while waiting for humanitarian deliveries in Gaza.
  • Human Rights Watch documented that Israeli forces killed at least 859 people at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites between May 27 and July 31, calling the use of lethal force against starving civilians potential war crimes.
  • U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Mike Huckabee visited Rafah distribution centers to assess conditions and develop a new plan for delivering aid under the U.N.’s UnOps–Un2720 mechanism.
  • Israel’s blockade since March and the transfer of distribution duties from U.N. agencies to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation have intensified delays and violence in the territory’s relief network.