Aid flow into Gaza not enough as Israel keeps trucks waiting
Aid trucks have been waiting at the Kissufim crossing between Gaza and Israel since the early hours of the morning. This is one of the crossings where trucks enter Israel, load aid from the Israeli side, and return to deliver the commodities they are carrying.
Trucks wait for hours and hours for the green light from the Israeli side to access the crossing.
There are supposed to be 600 aid trucks entering Gaza every day, but the actual number is fewer than 300. Even 600 trucks are not enough, considering the demand on the ground.
There are also many restrictions on the quantity and content of certain commodities. Sometimes they go to the Israeli side and return empty.
With famine conditions present in parts of Gaza, UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said thousands of aid vehicles would now have to enter Gaza weekly to ease the crisis, with medical care also scarce and most of the 2.2 million population displaced
UNRWA warns of unaffordability of goods flowing into Gaza
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says on X that the toll Israel’s two-year campaign of destruction has taken on Gaza’s farmlands has left many families without income.
“A kilo of tomatoes that once cost 60¢, now costs $15 – if found at all”, the agency said. “Families who once lived from their land now have no income.”
The trucks seen making their way into Gaza since the implementation of the ceasefire one week ago largely carry commercial goods, not humanitarian aid, our team on the ground reports.
This leaves many families unable to access the fresh food they desperately need. “Until Gaza’s agricultural sector can be rebuilt, there must be an unrestricted flow of aid,” UNRWA said.
All on purpose, let the commercial trucks in, make money off them while getting pictures out of fully stocked market stalls since hardly anyone has any access left to money to buy the produce.
WFP says it has 3-month supply of food for Gaza
The UN’s food agency says it has enough food to feed all of Gaza for 3 months.
“To keep going – and reach everyone – we need lasting access and a stable operating environment,” the World Food Programme said. “The ceasefire must hold. We cannot go back.”
WFP is scaling up food assistance in #Gaza. We have the food, the teams and the networks to feed all of Gaza for 3 months.
To keep going — and reach everyone — we need lasting access and a stable operating environment.
The ceasefire must hold. We cannot go back.
— World Food Programme (@WFP) October 17, 2025
It's not a ceasefire as long as Israel keeps firing. But at least more goods are going in and fewer bombs are falling. It's more a regrouping of the IDF and GHF than a ceasefire.
