-DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE — OCT. 14, 2025: A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid materials entered the Gaza Strip through the Kissufim gate east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said at a UN briefing in Geneva that while a scale-up is planned under the 20-point ceasefire plan, its implementation has not yet begun. He added that 190,000 metric tons of aid are currently positioned across the region, including in Jordan, the West Bank, and Egypt, awaiting approval for delivery into Gaza. That figure marks an increase from the 170,000 metric tons reported previously. Laerke said the UN remains determined to expand operations despite uncertainty over when large-scale aid deliveries will begin, emphasizing: "We need this scale-up. We won't stop until we get it." "But it’s out of our hands when exactly it is going to happen," he added. US President Donald Trump announced last week that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a plan he laid out on Sept. 29 to bring a ceasefire to Gaza, release all Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the entire Gaza Strip. The first phase of the deal came into force on Friday. Earlier Monday, the release of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails began after Hamas freed all 20 living Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip. Phase two calls for the establishment of a new governing mechanism in Gaza, the formation of a multinational force, and the disarmament of Hamas. Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed over 67,800 Palestinians in the enclave, most of them women and children, and rendered it largely uninhabitable.