OCHA: UN and partners continue to deliver vital aid to Gaza as part of 60-day humanitarian scale-up

03 November 2025

OCHA says that the ongoing scale-up of the aid response in Gaza is already having a positive impact on people in all areas of the Strip. However, much more is needed so that humanitarians can address the full scale of the needs and leave no one behind.

This Saturday, the UN and its partners collected nearly 200 truckloads of essential supplies from Israeli crossings along the perimeter fence that encircles Gaza. Among the supplies were nearly 1,900 metric tons of different food supplies and wheat flour and over 100 pallets of food boxes. The supplies also included over 1,000 pallets of mattresses, blankets, tents, tarpaulins and winter clothes. Additionally, they included nearly 300 pallets full of hygiene kits, buckets, water containers, and jerry cans; 50 pallets of fortified cereals; and some 200 pallets of dignity kits, menstrual health kits and midwifery supplies.

On Sunday – based on initial data that is still partial – the UN and its partners collected nearly 1,000 pallets of blankets, tents, hygiene kits, water tanks, mats, winter clothes, tarpaulins and jerry cans, alongside one truckload of animal fodder.

All of this data is preliminary and covers the UN and its partners – excluding bilateral donations and the commercial sector.

Inside Gaza, the UN and its partners are currently supporting 17 bakeries in Gaza – nine in the south and eight in the north. These are producing 150,000 bread bundles of 2 kilograms each every day, as of Thursday. These bread bundles are distributed through more than 400 points across the Strip. The UN and its partners are also supporting 180 kitchens serving nearly 1,160,000 meals every day, as of Saturday. All of this is in addition to the distribution of food parcels.

On nutrition, the UN and its partners are currently supporting 133 treatment sites, including 20 in Gaza city – where famine was confirmed in August. They are also improving services that prevent malnutrition, including by providing blanket supplementary feeding.

On Saturday and Sunday, humanitarian teams also delivered 1,000 tarpaulins and 2,500 blankets to people in need.

Since the ceasefire, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has supported an estimated 90,000 women and girls with reproductive health and hygiene items. This includes the distribution of medical equipment and supplies to 13 health facilities across the Strip, including incubators and surgery equipment. UNFPA has also distributed thousands of post-partum kits and dignity kits to women and girls.

Humanitarians are also making advancements on the education front. Renovation is ongoing in four schools, and over the past three days, the UN and its partners have supported the reopening of five temporary learning spaces in Gaza city.

On Friday, the UN Satellite Centre published a new comprehensive assessment indicating that some 81 per cent of all structures in the Gaza Strip are damaged. Northern Gaza experienced the largest increases in damage since July 2025, with nearly 5,700 newly affected structures. Overall, more than 123,000 structures across the Strip have been identified as destroyed, another 50,000 are severely or moderately damaged, and 24,000 are possibly damaged. In total, nearly 200,000 structures are affected.

OCHA reiterates that to fully deliver on the 60-day humanitarian plan, the UN and its humanitarian partners need a durable ceasefire, more functional crossings, the lifting of bureaucratic hurdles, safe and viable routes inside Gaza, sustained funding*, and unimpeded access – including for NGOs.