Overview
- UN officials say relief operations are scaling up under the Security Council’s 2720 mechanism, with more than 24,000 metric tonnes collected from Gaza’s crossings as teams continue working despite reported Israeli airstrikes, including near the Yellow Line.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office reports an average of 145 trucks per day between October 10 and 31, or 24% of the 600-truck daily target agreed in the ceasefire, while the UN notes rerouted convoys through the Philadelphi Corridor and a damaged coastal road are limiting collections.
- UN monitoring shows interception of aid dropped to about 5% between October 10 and 28 compared with roughly 80% before the ceasefire, indicating improved flow and reduced looting.
- Key services have restarted with scale constraints: WFP reports over 20,000 tonnes of food distributed in 20 days, WHO delivered more than 840 pallets of medical supplies and supports treatment for about 2,500 children, and UNICEF reopened 15 outpatient therapeutic sites, as Gaza’s health system remains under severe strain with over 1,700 health worker deaths reported by the local Ministry of Health.
- The UN urges opening all crossings and authorizing more organizations as registration restrictions block NGO participation, while only one-third of a $4 billion appeal is funded and FAO says agriculture is devastated yet 37% of affected farmland is newly accessible with a $75 million recovery appeal just 10% funded.