The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed it has enough humanitarian supplies in Jordan and Egypt to fill 6,000 trucks, all prepared to enter Gaza. However, Israeli authorities continue to block access at border crossings, despite the formal activation of a ceasefire agreement.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher stated that only 20 percent of the required aid has reached Gaza in recent months.
UNRWA’s Director of Communications Juliette Touma said no progress has been made in securing entry for the agency’s convoys, warning that without UNRWA’s operational capacity, a full-scale humanitarian response is nearly impossible.
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Touma emphasized UNRWA’s role in restoring education for 660,000 children, half of whom were enrolled in its schools before the Israeli invasion on October 7, 2023.
She described education as vital for psychological recovery and future reconstruction, noting, “These children will be central to rebuilding Gaza’s future.”
UNRWA remains the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza, with 12,000 staff on the ground.
Touma confirmed that Israeli airstrikes resumed Friday morning and reported that more than 370 UNRWA personnel have been killed since the war began—the highest UN death toll in history.
The agency is calling for immediate entry of aid convoys, deployment of medical teams, delivery of water and fuel, and protection for civil defense crews working to locate victims and clear unexploded ordnance.
Without urgent intervention, UNRWA warns, the humanitarian collapse will worsen, and deaths from starvation, untreated injuries, and disease will continue to rise.
On Friday morning, October 10, 2025, medical teams in Gaza recovered the bodies of 35 Palestinians from multiple areas across the Strip. Among the dead were 19 civilians retrieved from various neighborhoods in Gaza City, including nine killed when Israeli forces shelled a residential home in the Sabra neighborhood.
Since the beginning of the genocide on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed more than 67,194 Palestinians and wounded nearly 170,000, most of them children and women. Thousands remain buried under rubble, and famine-related deaths have claimed the lives of 460 civilians, including 154 children, amid the blockade and destruction of food and medical infrastructure.
As the ceasefire enters its critical phase, the situation on the ground remains unstable. Civilians face ongoing military aggression, displacement, and humanitarian collapse—underscoring the urgent need for international enforcement and accountability.
