Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 9

30 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. For all situation reports see here.

HIGHLIGHTS

The re-routing of all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road continues to limit cargo movements, expose convoys to increased risk of looting, and hinder further scale-up of humanitarian operations.
The number of functional Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding sites rises to 20 in the north, with 133 sites operational across the Gaza Strip.
Nearly one million people have been reached with food parcel distributions since 13 October across 44 distribution points in the Strip, including 11 in Gaza city, where two further UN-supported bakeries have also commenced operations.
The Health Cluster distributed 800 post-partum kits for delivering mothers and other sexual and reproductive health medicines to hospitals in the south.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On 30 October, the bodies of two deceased Israeli hostages were handed over to the Israeli forces. The remains of another 11 hostages are believed to be still in the Gaza Strip.

On 29 October, the Site Management Cluster observed 6,200 new movements across Gaza, bringing the total recorded since 10 October to 629,150. Eighty per cent of these movements were from south to north. Eighty-nine per cent of active displacement sites in Gaza city have recorded new arrivals since the onset of the ceasefire.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

UN and partner truck offloads and collections - 29 October

According to preliminary information from the Logistics Cluster, on 29 October, 187 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, with at least 54 per cent of all offloaded trucks carrying food assistance.

On the same day, 98 United Nations-coordinated trucks with 1,535 pallets of aid were uplifted from Kerem Shalom for distribution inside the Strip. These contained 1,103 pallets of food supplies, including fresh and canned vegetables and food parcels; 181 pallets of dignity, menstrual health management, and hygiene kits; 170 pallets of winter clothes; 79 pallets of tarps; and two pallets of bags for Education. Two hundred twenty-six thousand litres of fuel were uplifted.

Ten trucks were offloaded by crowds while en route from Kerem Shalom to UN warehouses via the Philadelphi Corridor. For the fourth day, the re-routing of all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the highly congested and narrow Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road has been limiting cargo movements, exposing convoys to increased looting, and hindering further scale up of humanitarian operations.

Overall, in the week between 23 and 29 October, 823 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s southern crossings, for a total of 1,917 offloaded since the onset of the ceasefire. During the same week, at least 842 were collected into the Strip. Palestinian trucks loading aid from the crossings have a smaller cargo capacity compared to trucks offloaded on the Israeli side, so the collection ratio is not 1:1. Crossings in northern Gaza continue to remain closed.

Truck collections – 30 October (partial data)

Though data for aid cargo collection on 30 October is only partial at this stage, at least seven trucks with medical cargo, one double box truck with animal fodder, and 40 trucks with 286 pallets of tarpaulins, 85 of tents and fittings, 90 of winter clothes, 140 of hygiene kits and three with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP/breathing assistance) machine spare parts, and consumables were collected from Kerem Shalom. Of two food cargo collection missions attempted, one from the Kissufim crossing was denied outright, while the second from Kerem Shalom was approved and fully completed despite facing protracted delays.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

Since food parcel distributions resumed on 13 October, 187,000 households (estimated 935,000 people) have been reached through 44 distribution points across the Gaza Strip, including more than 43,000 households via 11 points operational in Gaza city as of 29 October.
Additional cooked meal supplies have been dispatched to the north to support the resumption of more kitchens and increase meal production capacities in the coming days. On 28 October, 1,047,000 hot meals were prepared and delivered across the Strip by Food Security Sector partners or with their support– 77,000 by 16 kitchens in the north and 970,000 by 157 kitchens in south-central Gaza.
On 29 October, two additional UN-supported bakeries resumed bread production in Gaza city. Overall, around 100,000 two-kilogram bread bundles are now being produced daily at nine UN-supported bakeries in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, and 30,000 bundles at eight UN-supported bakeries in Gaza city. Bundles are distributed either for free through partners across more than 400 sites or sold at a 3 NIS subsidized price via 43 contracted retailers, including 21 that joined the network in Gaza city on 30 October. Partners are enhancing bread quality by increasing fermentation time, improving storage and cooling practices and pickup schedules. One partner is also supporting a commercial bakery in Gaza city, where production has increased to around 100,000 loaves of bread for free distribution daily.

Nutrition

Nutrition partners opened five new Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding (OTP) sites for the treatment of malnutrition in northern Gaza, bringing the total number of sites established since the ceasefire to 13.
Due to high demand in the north, some sites previously operating in the south have also been relocated. Currently, there are 133 OTP sites across the Gaza Strip, 20 of them in the north and 113 in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.

Health

As of 29 October, 21 Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) comprising 73 international staff were deployed in Gaza, delivering specialized care in major hospitals and other key health facilities. Since 1 October, EMTs have conducted 142,959 consultations, 880 emergency surgeries, and 450 trauma referrals, helping to fill critical service shortfalls. However, EMT deployment continues to be constrained by access restrictions, including denials of entry into Gaza of some international health personnel, which limits the scale and continuity of these lifesaving services. Over the last week, while a slight increase in the number of EMT personnel entering Gaza was recorded, the ratio of EMT personnel denial remained at 30 per cent.
The Health Cluster distributed 800 post-partum kits to the Al Amal, Al Khair and UK MED hospitals in the south to support women who delivered in October and those who will deliver in November. 1000 ampoules of Dexamethasone 4mg were also delivered to the IMC field hospital to support sexual and reproductive health services.
On 30 October, WHO facilitated the medical evacuation of 20 critical patients, alongside 56 companions, from Gaza to receive specialized care abroad.

Protection

Child Protection:
- In North Gaza and Gaza city, limited child protection activities have resumed, including psychosocial support sessions, individual psychological counselling for 200 children and 150 caregivers, and the distribution of 8,000 diapers across more than 10 displacement sites. At the Al Yarmouk site in Gaza city, three safe spaces have recently reopened to support the gradual restoration of services.
- In the south, Child Protection partners reached approximately 12,146 children and 2,440 caregivers with structured psychosocial support, psychological first aid, positive parenting, child protection awareness sessions, and counselling across displacement sites in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, including in the Al-Maghazi, Al-Burej and Al-Nuseirat camps. Around 787 children received case management services, including 14 unaccompanied and separated ones (UASC). In addition, over 900 children received nutritional support through milk distributions facilitated via referral mechanisms.
Mine Action: Between 29 and 30 October, Mine Action partners conducted seven Explosive Hazard Assessments in support of humanitarian response efforts and provided explosive ordnance-related expertise during one inter-agency mission. Four partners conducted explosive ordnance risk education activities, reaching 2,820 people across Khan Younis, Deir al Balah and Gaza city.

Site Management

Over the past two days, Site Management partners updated site-level information for 65 per cent of sites in Khan Younis. Of these sites, 25 per cent reported new arrivals and 5 per cent reported departures. In Deir Al-Balah governorate, reporting was more varied: 26 per of sites noted new arrivals, 22 per cent recorded both arrivals and departures, while another 22 per cent indicated departures only. One site became inactive, resulting in the departure of approximately 8,000 people. In Gaza governorate, 89 per cent of sites reported new arrivals, with 11 per cent reporting departures.
Site management partners report that some operational challenges persist, particularly in Khan Younis shelters, some of which are facing severe sewage overflow, solid waste accumulation, and inadequate potable water supplies. At the At Mustafa Hafez Elementary School site, a major manhole remains blocked, and the municipality is unable to address the issue due to insufficient fuel for machinery. The Al Sha’er displacement site lacks toilet facilities, while at Al-Zu’rab site, the absence of gender-segregated exposes women and girls to increased risks of gender-based violence.

Shelter

The Shelter Cluster distributed a set comprising four tarps, four thermal blankets, and hygiene kits to 537 households in Khan Younis.
The distribution of 4,000 blankets to 1,000 vulnerable households referred by the Protection Cluster has commenced.

Education

As of 29 October, one Education Cluster partner supporting the light rehabilitation of four public schools in Al-Nuseirat reported the completion of 21 classrooms, with the remaining 20 expected to be finalized in the coming days. Once completed, these classrooms will allow over 2,000 students to resume in-person learning - for many the first time in more than two years.
The distribution of fortified nutrition products such as date bars and high-energy biscuits at Temporary Learning Spaces continues, with approximately 69,600 children reached thus far in 84 sites across south, central, and northern Gaza.

* 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.