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GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (OCT. 17, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF AID TRUCKS WAITING IN LINE IN GAZA / UN VEHICLE NEAR TRUCKS

2. UNICEF EMERGENCY COORDINATOR FOR GAZA, HAMISH YOUNG SPEAKING TO REPORTER (English)

3. VARIOUS OF AID TRUCKS CROSSING UNDER ESCORT OF UN TEAM

GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - OCT. 17Aid trucks carrying food and fuel continued to enter Gaza on Friday, Oct. 17, under a ceasefire agreement.

The convoy, escorted by a United Nations team, crossed into the Gaza Strip through the Kissufim Border Crossing in the central region as part of ongoing humanitarian relief efforts.

The Gaza Government Media Office said in a Thursday statement that a total of 653 aid trucks were allowed into the territory since the ceasefire deal took effect on Oct. 10.

The first phase of the ceasefire deal came into force under a plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to end Israel’s two-year war in the Palestinian territory.

Under the agreement, 600 humanitarian aid trucks are supposed to enter Gaza daily, including those carrying fuel and cooking gas.

On Sunday, Israel permitted the entry of only 173 aid trucks, including three carrying cooking gas and six carrying fuel, but no aid shipments were allowed in on Monday or Tuesday, according to Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the media office.

The office stressed in its statement that the amount of aid reaching Gaza remains extremely limited, describing it as “a drop in the ocean of needs.”

It emphasized that Gaza needs 600 aid trucks daily to ensure a steady supply of fuel, cooking gas, and urgent relief and medical materials.

The office said that Gaza’s government agencies continue to coordinate with international relief and humanitarian organizations to organize the entry and fair distribution of aid to ensure that it reaches the entire Palestinian population.

Since October 2023, Israeli genocide has killed nearly 68,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children, and rendered it largely uninhabitable.