OCHA: Gaza Humanitarian Response – Situation Report No. 10

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

• Between 28 and 30 October, daily cooked meal production increased by over 40 per cent in Gaza city as more community kitchens resumed functionality and production capacity increased at existing ones.
• While adequate therapeutic supplies for the treatment of malnourished children have entered Gaza, stocks for malnutrition prevention programming are facing severe shortages.
• Fifty critical pediatric and adult patients were medically evacuated from Gaza between 29 and 30 October. Over 16,500 patients in urgent need of specialized treatment, however, remain blocked in the Strip.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On 31 October, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported receiving 30 bodies of deceased Palestinian detainees, bringing the total since the start of the ceasefire to 225. As of 28 October, the remains of 75 of the 195 bodies hitherto received had been identified by the Ministry’s medical teams.

On the night between 31 October and 1 November, the remains of three bodies were transferred to the Israeli authorities. According to forensic tests, they do not belong to any of the 11 deceased Israeli hostages believed to remain in the Gaza Strip.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

According to the Logistics Cluster, on 30 October, 149 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, of which at least 55 per cent carried food assistance. Trucks offloaded include only 60 of 123 trucks that had been manifested for entry via the Egypt corridor.

On the same day, at least 122 United Nations-coordinated trucks were collected from Kerem Shalom. These contained 899 pallets of ready-to-eat rations, bulk and canned vegetables, and food servings; 519 pallets of tarps, tents and fittings; 262 of hygiene kits; 180 of medical supplies; 154 of baby milk; 125 of winter clothes; and 25 metric tons of animal fodder.

On 31 October, based on initial and partial data, at least five double trucks with approximately 2,500 post-partum kits were uploaded from Kissufim. Though the mission was accomplished, it faced protracted delays and took more than seven hours. Two other missions to collect food aid from Kerem Shalom and Kissufim were facilitated, but details remain pending.

Cargo entry remains constrained by the requirement for use of the highly congested and narrow Philadelphi Corridor/Coastal Road which is unsuitable for large convoys, the continued denial of other routes for use by humanitarian and commercial truck movements to and from Kerem Shalom, de-prioritization of UN cargo at crossings in favour of other actors, and persistent delays in customs clearance.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

• On 30 October, 1,148,000 hot meals were prepared and delivered by 22 Food Security Sector partners through 178 kitchens – 110,000 meals by 20 kitchens in the north, and 1,038,000 meals by 158 kitchens in south-central Gaza. Compared to just two days earlier, this reflects a notable surge in the number of meals, including an increase of more than 30,000 daily meals in Gaza city as more community kitchens resumed functionality and production increased at several existing ones.

Nutrition

• UNICEF distributed 320 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to partners to support the treatment of children with wasting.
• Nutrition partners in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates are facing challenges in re-establishing further services due to limited available and secure spaces to erect tents. Materials to rehabilitate damaged facilities are also in short supply and the cost of renting additional space is prohibitive. Although 20 nutrition sites are now functional in Gaza city – with 13 re-established since the onset of the ceasefire – this falls short of the more than 50 nutrition sites operational in August 2025.
• While the malnutrition treatment supply pipeline is secure inside Gaza, a lack of prevention supplies is impacting programme quality and increasing the risk of healthy children becoming malnourished.

Health

• Between 29 and 30 October, WHO facilitated two medical evacuation operations from Gaza. The first for 30 critical patients, who were transferred with 60 companions to the UAE, Romania, and the Netherlands, conducted jointly with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The second for 19 children and one adult patient, four pediatric cancer patients that will be treated by the St Jude Research Programme, and the rest to Jordan.
• Since October 2023, WHO has supported the medical evacuation of almost 8,000 patients, of whom over 5,500 were children. More than 16,500 patients remain in need of specialized treatment unavailable in Gaza. WHO continues to appeal for more countries to welcome these patients and for access to all evacuation corridors, notably the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

• Between 30 and 31 October, WASH partners distributed 80,000 baby diapers, 530 household-level hygiene kits, 500 sanitary pad kits, 319 disability kits, and 30 dignity kits, reaching approximately 15,000 people in southern Gaza.
• In Gaza city, maintenance on the final damaged section of the pipeline connected to the Sheikh Radwan Stormwater Basin pumping station was completed. A trial pumping operation is scheduled to begin on 1 November.
• Thirty water bladders with capacities of 5 and 10 cubic meters and equipped with tap stands were transferred from storage facilities in Khan Younis to Gaza city for installation in the Gaza and North Gaza governorates.
• Between 22 and 29 October, seven water wells in the Jabalya Municipality were cleaned and prepared for maintenance.
• Water distribution continues across all governorates, with operations ongoing at 1,885 water points and a daily delivery volume of up to 17,000 cubic meters.

Shelter

• The Shelter Cluster has started distributing 3,500 tarpaulins to families living along the beach in Khan Younis, targeting households in deteriorated tents. Another 5,100 tarpaulins will be distributed in Gaza city on 1 and 2 November.

Protection

• Child Protection: On 30 October, Child Protection partners reached 500 people through community awareness sessions on child protection risks and forms of exploitation affecting children. Additionally, 500 children, including some with disabilities, and 200 caregivers in Deir al-Balah and southern Gaza were provided with psychosocial support sessions, focused on positive parenting, child protection, and emotional recovery through structured play-based activities.

* 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.