“Regardless of how many trucks enter Gaza, the critical issue is whether aid actually reaches the people who need it. Right now, that is not happening at the scale required.”
The United Nations has revealed that 86% of humanitarian aid sent to Gaza has been intercepted before reaching those in need, highlighting the worsening crisis in the region.
Of the 29,885 aid pallets collected between mid-May and early August, only 4,182 arrived at their destinations, with 25,703 diverted—either “peacefully by hungry people or forcefully by armed actors,” the UN said.
The UNRWA previously accused militias of looting convoys, while Gaza’s health ministry, run by Hamas, reported 175 starvation-related deaths, including 93 children.
Sarah Davies of the Red Cross stated: “Regardless of how many trucks enter Gaza, the critical issue is whether aid actually reaches the people who need it. Right now, that is not happening at the scale required.”
Doctors Without Borders added: “Very little food is entering the Gaza Strip… and those that manage to reach people in need are systematically accompanied by bloodbaths.”
UN data shows 98.6% of the aid is food, with most supplied by the World Food Programme.