Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 3

23 Oct 2025

This daily report outlines UN and partners’ efforts and progress in scaling up the humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement that entered into effect on 10 October 2025.

HIGHLIGHTS

Food Security Sector partners are now distributing over 1 million hot meals daily across Gaza. In the north, partners have commenced general food parcel distribution, and six UN-supported bakeries have resumed bread production.
Since the ceasefire began, the Nutrition Cluster has opened over 20 new nutrition sites in Gaza, with 150 now functional across the Strip.
In the past two days, WASH Cluster partners distributed approximately 600,000 baby diapers, 11,000 jerry cans, 5,800 household-level hygiene kits, 3,000 buckets, and 280 disability kits to displaced communities.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 22 October

On 22 October, 199 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at the Kerem Shalom and Kissufim crossings. Over 50 per cent of all trucks comprised food supplies.

On the same day, at least 127 United Nations-coordinated trucks were collected from the crossings for distribution inside Gaza – 104 from Kerem Shalom and 23 from Kissufim. These include 1,136 pallets of wheat flour and other food supplies; 473 pallets of baby diapers; 198 of stoves, eco pellets and pots for community kitchens; 76 of shelter items as tents and tarps; 18 of health supplies, and 11 of lipid-based nutrient supplements, as well as 340,500 litres of diesel fuel.

Overall, according to the Logistics Cluster, in the 12-day period between 11 and 22 October, 1,098 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings.

Trucks manifested and collected (preliminary) - 23 October

For 23 October, 178 UN and partner trucks were manifested for entry by the Logistics Cluster, of which: 116 trucks with food items – mainly wheat flour, rations, date bars, canned vegetables, rice, and bulk supplies for kitchens; 38 with tarps, tent fittings, blankets and winter clothes; 12 with hygiene kits; 11 with medical supplies and equipment, and one with non-food items for community kitchens.

While no comprehensive data for cargo collection on 23 October is available yet, UNICEF uplifted 20 trucks with tent pipes and fittings, hygiene kits, winter clothes and medical equipment, including ventilators, incubators, monitors and Mother & Child Health kits. WHO also collected eight flatbed trucks with 238 pallets of medical supplies, including cholera kits and insulin. Both missions waited over five hours at Kerem Shalom to start the unloading of aid.

With regard to fuel, UNOPS successfully collected three trucks with 115,850 litres of diesel from Kerem Shalom and distributed 113,670 litres for critical humanitarian operations.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

Main Food Security Sector (FSS) partners continue to scale up general food parcel distributions, with 38 distribution points now operational and about 64,000 households (estimated 320,000 people) reached across the Strip as of 22 October. In the north, parcel distributions have commenced thanks to food supplies transported from the south.
As of 22 October, 1,020,000 meals were being prepared and delivered daily by 20 partners through 171 kitchens – 72,000 meals by 14 kitchens in the north and 948,000 meals by 157 kitchens in south-central Gaza.
Around 100,000 two-kilogram bread bundles are being produced daily at nine UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. In the north, six additional bakeries will start production over the night of 23 October after receiving fuel and flour. The bread is distributed either for free through partners across over 230 locations or sold via more than 20 contracted retailers at a subsidized price of 3 NIS per bundle.
Between 15 and 22 October, 150 mt of concentrated animal fodder was collected from the Kerem Shalom crossing. The fodder for small ruminants - mostly sheep, goats, cattle and donkeys supporting humanitarian service delivery - is being repackaged into 50-kilogram bags for distribution to over 1,700 herders in Deir al Balah.

Nutrition

Nutrition partners are actively scaling up their response efforts. Since the ceasefire began, over 20 new nutrition sites have been opened, including six in Gaza city, bringing the total number of functional sites to over 150, 12 of which are located in the north. To support the reopening of these sites, the Cluster has provided 53 high-performance tents to partners.
Additionally, 20 mobile health and nutrition teams are being deployed across the Strip to deliver life-saving nutrition interventions in hard-to-reach areas — doubling the number compared to pre-ceasefire levels.
This week, the Cluster dispatched 885 boxes of therapeutic food, sufficient to treat over 1,200 children suffering from acute malnutrition, as well as more than 32,000 jars of baby food to support dietary diversity for approximately 760 infants and young children for two weeks.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

In the past two days, WASH Cluster partners distributed approximately 600,000 baby diapers, 11,000 jerry cans, 5,800 household-level hygiene kits, 3,000 buckets, and 280 disability kits to support affected communities.
A total of 142 water tanks with a 2,000-litre capacity have been collected into Gaza to expand water community points and reduce water distribution at the back of the trucks. Around 240 handwashing stations to be installed in Child Friendly and Temporary Learning Spaces have also safely reached warehouses.
The Cluster has begun constructing household latrines for the most vulnerable families utilizing a new kit designed to enable the rapid set up of safe and dignified household sanitation facilities. Presently, 4,000 kits are available.
Preparations are ongoing to discharge the Al-Amal stormwater basin pond in Khan Younis, which is full of accumulated wastewater, to prevent overflow into residential areas.
On 22 October, water leakage was reported at two locations along the Mekorot pipeline in Khan Younis. Repairs will commence in the coming days.
The Cluster assessed the Az-Zaytoun stormwater basin and associated infrastructure, revealing severe damage.

Shelter

Two Cluster partners are continuing assessments to identify the most vulnerable households to inform the distribution of 1,600 tents. In parallel, another partner is conducting assessments and preparing beneficiary lists for the planned distribution of 6,700 blankets.

Site Management

On 22 October, the Site Management Cluster observed nearly 10,500 movements of people across the Strip, of which 82 per cent were from south to north. Over the past week, most displacement sites in Gaza city recorded an increase in population, with over 435,000 people arriving in the north from Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis since 10 October.
To ensure effective site management and improve living conditions for displaced families, partners have been conducting field visits to sites in Khan Younis, Deir al Balah, and Gaza city, providing orientation sessions for site representatives on core site management roles and responsibilities and foster community participation in ongoing winterization activities. Key recommendations and observations were documented to inform future interventions and enhance operational strategies, with a focus on protection and accountability to the affected populations. In addition, community mobilizers were deployed to displacement sites managed by the Cluster to bolster support for Site Management Committees, improve coordination, and ensure consistent on-site service monitoring.

Protection

On 23 October, the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Area of Responsibility conducted an orientation session for five specialized GBV partners on the updated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cash assistance under case management, to strengthen their capacity to provide prompt and effective cash support to vulnerable GBV survivors. The SOP was revised in response to liquidity challenges faced by many GBV survivors, particularly women and girls returning to Gaza city and who remain displaced elsewhere in the Strip and require immediate support.

Education

On 23 October, a Cluster partner completed a rapid assessment of community-led education initiatives and Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) in northern and southern Gaza to support the resumption of learning activities.
Two more TLSs are ready to commence educational and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) activities, while five additional TLSs (two in Khan Younis and three in Deir al Balah) are being established as part of the Cluster’s scale-up response plan. However, shortages of supplies and tents continue to constrain the expansion of TLSs to serve more children, particularly in northern Gaza.
A total of 45 teachers and facilitators were trained on emergency teaching and learning strategies, social-emotional learning, and basic service delivery skills within learning spaces.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.