Over 24,000 tonnes of aid collected from Gaza crossings since ceasefire

1/11/2025 7:31

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have collected over 24,000 metric tonnes of aid from the Gaza Strip crossings since the ceasefire came into effect on Oct. 10, a UN spokesperson said Friday, citing the UN 2720 Mechanism.



"More people in need have also been able to access this aid, which includes food, medicine and medical supplies, nutritional supplements and shelter materials, through the resumption of community- and household-based distributions and services," Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, told a daily briefing.



In addition, there has been a significant reduction in the interception, or looting, of supplies collected by the United Nations and its partners from Gaza's crossings, he said, adding that between Oct. 10 and 28, only 5 percent of collected supplies were reportedly intercepted, compared with about 80 percent between May 19 and Oct. 9.



Dujarric said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expected the amount of supplies intercepted to continue to decline as more humanitarian and commercial supplies can enter. "We continue to call for all crossing points to be open and more UN agencies and organizations authorized to bring in aid supplies into Gaza."