Israel Blocks Two-Thirds of Promised Aid Trucks to Gaza, Deepens Food Crisis

Israeli authorities are reportedly limiting daily humanitarian access to Gaza to about 200 aid trucks, roughly one-third of the 600 trucks promised under the October cease-fire deal.

“Israeli occupation forces killed four Palestinians and injured several others on Monday morning in artillery and drone strikes east of Gaza City and Khan Younis”

- IMEMC News

Gaza officials say that shortfall has driven a severe food crisis across the Strip.

- IMEMC News

Ismail Al‑Thawabteh, head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, told Anadolu Agency that Israel is allowing less than one-third of needed supplies and is managing hunger in Gaza deliberately, slowly, and cumulatively.

Gaza officials warn that over 90% of Gaza’s 2.4 million residents now face critical food insecurity and that malnutrition levels have exceeded 90%.

Since the ceasefire framework went into effect, Gaza health authorities and local monitors report repeated Israeli strikes and mass civilian deaths.

Local authorities and media offices allege nearly 500 Israeli violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the first 44 days.

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They say these violations have killed hundreds of civilians—mostly children, women and the elderly—and led to at least 342 deaths since the recent pause, according to multiple Gaza sources.

Israeli forces have also carried out lethal strikes that Israel says targeted militants, and the Israel Defense Forces described some attacks as responses to fighters crossing into Israeli-held areas.

Humanitarian organisations warn they cannot safely deliver aid while Israeli forces continue to strike access routes and restrict supplies.

“Palestinians mourn loved ones killed as Israel violates fragile ceasefire Despite the US-backed ceasefire, Palestinians are burying their loved ones who were killed as Israel continues to violate the fragile truce”

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The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it is ending its mission in the Strip after more than 800 Palestinians were killed trying to access its aid sites.

Other agencies report that the number of trucks allowed in falls far short of ceasefire commitments.

Even accounts reporting increased aid flows stress that the truce has not stopped Israeli attacks and that aid remains insufficient to meet needs.

Civilians continue to die in strikes and skirmishes across Gaza despite the ceasefire architecture.

News reports and medics cite specific deadly incidents, including an Israeli airstrike that struck a car in the densely populated Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 80.

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Other strikes hit homes in Deir al‑Balah, Nuseirat and western Gaza City, killing additional people.

Local medics reported drone and tank strikes that killed multiple Palestinians near demarcation lines.

UNICEF and independent monitors say children are being killed at alarming rates since the truce began.

Political mediators and Palestinian delegations are pressing for clarity and action as international plans remain contested.

“GAZA CITY, Palestine/ISTANBUL Four Palestinians were killed and a fifth was injured by Israeli army fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, medics said”

Anadolu Ajansı

A Hamas delegation traveled to Cairo to meet officials from Egypt, Qatar and the United States and to protest what it called Israel's continued violation of the ceasefire agreement.

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Palestinian officials told mediators there is complete uncertainty because the Americans have not presented a detailed plan for forces, roles or deployments.

They warned that deploying forces without a political process could make the situation more complicated.

Commentators and analysts in alternative outlets denounce the brutality and highlight wider geopolitical influence on how the situation is managed.