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October 10, 2025 Humanitarian aid
On Friday, after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect, thousands of Gaza residents flocked to the northern part of the enclave. The main road leading in this direction was jammed with people. All UN humanitarian agencies have been mobilized to provide assistance to the Strip. They have prepared 170,000 tons of food, medicine, and other goods for delivery to Gaza.
"Details regarding the agreement and its implementation are still scarce. However, we call for the immediate opening of all crossings into Gaza so that humanitarian aid can flow unimpeded into the war-torn enclave," said Juliet Tuma, Director of Communications for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Her comments came amid reports that Israeli troops have begun withdrawing from parts of Gaza in accordance with agreements reached this week in Egypt brokered by the US, Qatar and Turkey.
Fighting hunger
"The food UNRWA delivers is crucial to preventing famine," Tuma emphasized. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that approximately 50,000 children in Gaza suffer from acute malnutrition and are at high risk.
"They need immediate treatment. We hope that with the ceasefire we will be able to deliver the therapeutic nutrition they desperately need," said UNICEF representative Ricardo Pires.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said on Thursday that all UN humanitarian agencies were "mobilized to deliver aid to Gaza."
Speaking to reporters, he stressed UNRWA's "indispensable role" in distributing humanitarian supplies across the sector and recalled the UN's central role in US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan.
The ceasefire is in question
Despite ceasefire declarations, humanitarian teams working in the enclave reported that fighting was still ongoing on Friday morning. However, UN operations continue.
On Thursday, a UNICEF team arrived in Gaza City to rescue two infants who were in incubators. "Thankfully, thanks to the efforts of our colleagues and medical workers on the ground, the children survived and were reunited with their families today," Pires said.
Photo by UN News Service
He added that the team had to wait 15 hours to gain access to the city as "the situation on the ground remained extremely volatile and clashes occurred."
These reports were confirmed by UNRWA management: according to agency staff, airstrikes were again recorded in the enclave on Friday morning. Juliet Tuma also reported that more than 370 UNRWA staff members have been killed since the conflict began following Hamas attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
“This is the largest loss of life among UN personnel in the history of the organization,” she emphasized.
Call for the resumption of medical evacuations
World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Christian Lindmeier joined calls for "unimpeded access for humanitarian aid along all possible routes."
He stressed the need to resume emergency medical evacuations from Gaza to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as flexible funding needed "for recovery."
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