The monitoring site has not provided a breakdown of how much aid has been taken peacefully by civilians versus how much has been seized by armed groups.
Breakdown of aid distributed into Gaza (Photo: screenshot UN2720)[Missing Credit]
The vast majority of the intercepted trucks – 90 per cent – were operated by the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).
The dashboard also reveals that a significant amount of aid offloaded at Gaza’s perimeter has not been collected. While over 40,000 tons of aid were delivered to the crossings, only 27,434 tons have been picked up. In terms of trucks, 2,134 have reached the perimeter, with 2,010 crossing into Gaza.
Israel has criticised the UN for failing to collect and distribute aid effectively inside Gaza.
The UN has rejected this accusation, claiming last month that Israeli authorities have denied a large proportion of aid collection and distribution requests. It also cited logistical and administrative hurdles as well as ongoing hostilities, which have limited their ability to deliver aid inside the strip.
This week, the UN reported nearly 1,400 Gazans have been killed while seeking food since late May.
On Thursday, the UN's human rights office (OCHR) said that since May 27, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food aid in Gaza.
According to the UN, at least 859 of the deaths occurred in the vicinity of one of the four distribution centres operated by the controversial Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is expected to visit one of the distribution sites on Friday.
The UNHCR has alleged that most of those killed seeking food were shot by Israeli forces. While acknowledging the presence of other armed groups in the area, the UN says it "does not have information indicating their involvement in these killings".
The UNHCR stated that it has "no information” suggesting the Palestinians killed were “directly participating in hostilities or posed any threat to Israeli security forces".
Huge crowds inside Gaza appear to be regularly overwhelming the delivery trucks before they can reach their destinations.
In scenes from Gaza on Wednesday, which were reported by the Washington Post, WFP trucks were intercepted by a mass crowd shortly after crossing a checkpoint.
The report described “hundreds of thousands” of people seeking aid waiting along al-Rashid Street who surged toward the convoy. As they approached within 100 metres of the aid trucks, Israeli forces reportedly opened fire.
The UN convoy was overrun, with all 47 trucks ransacked.
Israeli military stated it had fired warning shots to keep the crowd away and was unaware of any casualties. However, a UN report claimed more than 50 people were killed.
The chaos around aid distribution in the strip comes amid more reports of starvation from inside Gaza.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said Gaza has teetered on the brink of famine for two years, but recent developments have “dramatically worsened” the situation, including “increasingly stringent blockades” by Israel.
In an alert on Tuesday, which fell short of a formal famine declaration, the IPC warned that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
The international pressure led Israel to announce measures to increase aid flow into the strip, including daily humanitarian pauses in fighting in parts of Gaza and airdrops of supplies.
The UN and UN2720 Mechanism have been approached for comment.
