UN delivers 560 tons of food into Gaza per day

The UN World Food Program (WFP) is delivering around 560 tons of food daily to Gaza since a ceasefire took effect, but warned deliveries remain far below what is needed to meet the population's urgent needs.

"The ceasefire has opened a narrow window of an opportunity, and WFP is moving very quickly and swiftly to scale up food assistance and reach families who have faced months of block aid, displacement and hunger," WFP spokesperson Abeer Etefa said.

Two additional convoys entered through Kerem Shalom on Thursday with wheat flour and nutrition supplies, though those figures were still being tallied.

"On October 11-15, around 230 trucks carried about 2,800 tons of food supplies into Gaza," Etefa said.

"We're still below what we need, but we’re getting there," she said, noting the agency's daily average deliveries have reached about 560 tons since the ceasefire came into effect.

To bring aid closer to families, WFP has five food distribution points across Gaza, aiming to expand that network to 145 locations. The spokesperson said reaching the scale of 145 distribution points depends on "trucks continuing to roll in consistently."