It's better than before at least
No more than 480 aid trucks entered Gaza yesterday: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says that, of those, three trucks transported cooking gas while another six brought diesel fuel into the Gaza Strip.
Those supplies were “designated for operating bakeries, generators, and hospitals, amid the acute shortage of these essential materials” due to Israel’s blockade and genocide, it said.
“We note that the quantities that entered remain very limited, representing only a drop in the ocean of urgent needs, and they do not meet even the minimum humanitarian and livelihood requirements of more than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip,” the office added, noting that at least 600 aid trucks are needed per day.
Gaza ceasefire presents ‘vital window’ for aid: WFP
Samer Abdeljaber, the World Food Programme’s Middle East and North Africa director, says the UN agency is using “every minute” of the ceasefire to ramp up its work in Gaza.
“We are scaling up to serve the needs of over 1.6 million people,” Abdeljaber said in a video shared on social media, adding that WFP hopes to get nearly 30 bakeries and 145 food distribution points operating.
“This is the moment to keep access open and make sure the aid keeps flowing,” he said.
From #Rafah Crossing, @SamerWFP shares a moment of hope.
The ceasefire lets @WFP and partners scale up food, bread & nutrition aid for 1.6M in #Gaza reopening bakeries & distribution points.
Needs are immense. The ceasefire must hold. pic.twitter.com/Ol3Jn5XeHr
— WFP in the Middle East & North Africa (@WFP_MENA) October 16, 2025
Israel’s exploding robots still terrorise Gaza neighbourhoods
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas brought thousands of people back to their homes in Gaza City, to assess the damage, see what can be salvaged, and start to rebuild.
In Jabalia, Sheikh Radwan, Abu Iskandar and beyond, people returned to flattened neighbourhoods, and to the knowledge that, still among the rubble, some of the explosive robots that had caused it sat, silent and undetonated.
People aren’t sure where all the undetonated robots lurk, nor do they know what to do if they encounter one, adding to the anguish and uncertainty that clouds this homecoming.
The “robots” had become a common fear in northern Gaza since the Israeli army first used them on Jabalia refugee camp in May 2024.
Their deployment hit an “unprecedented pace” leading up to the October ceasefire, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor noted in a report on September 1, adding that they were used to destroy “about 300 residential units daily in Gaza City and Jabalia”.
The robots are armoured carriers that Israeli soldiers would load with explosives, then drag into place using armoured bulldozers. Once the soldiers had retreated, they would remotely detonate the booby-trapped vehicle, destroying everything around it.
Not much is known about the payload – or if it was ever consistent – Gaza City Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Al Jazeera. However, their destructive capacity was apparent, Bassal said, describing the robots’ “kill radius” which he said extended as far as 500 metres (550 yards).
The damage to infrastructure, he added, was “staggering”.
Palestinians shelter in a building of the Islamic University in Gaza City, October 16
