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Based on reports from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which tracks humanitarian aid logistics in Gaza, 1,155 aid trucks were collected by UN and partner organizations in June 2025. Of these, 1,048 trucks, approximately 90.7%, were intercepted or looted before reaching their intended recipients, often by armed groups or desperate crowds amid the ongoing chaos. This leaves roughly 107 trucks that successfully delivered aid, though exact success rates can vary due to secondary thefts and distribution challenges.

Broader UN reports for the period from May 19 to July 31, 2025, show that out of 2,134 trucks that crossed into Gaza, only about 13% (or roughly 276) reached their destinations without interference, equating to an 87% looting rate overall.

Key incidents in June included:

- On June 25, truckloads of food were forcefully intercepted by armed groups; partners recovered 51% of the diverted commodities, but the rest were reportedly rerouted and later hit by an airstrike.

- Widespread organized looting led key Food Security Sector partners to pause cargo collection from crossings on July 4, after incidents injured drivers and damaged vehicles.

- Between June 22 and July 5, only limited successes were reported, such as 25 trucks facilitated by the Logistics Cluster and 27 WHO trucks carrying medical supplies.

UN agencies, including OCHA and WFP, have attributed the failures to a combination of factors: armed gangs, desperate civilians, Israeli restrictions on entry points, and ongoing military operations that create unsafe conditions for distribution. Despite accusations, a USAID analysis found no evidence of widespread diversion by Hamas itself, though local armed groups and chaos play major roles.

Aid agencies emphasize the need for 500-600 trucks daily to meet basic needs, far exceeding current inflows. As of early August 2025, similar issues continue, with recent reports of 95 trucks entering but most looted.

In addition to this, for the entire month of July, hundreds of aid pallets sat waiting for the UN to pick them up and distribute them, which it refused to do for reasons no one can understand (unless the reason was to make Israel look bad, by exacerbating scenes of hunger.) The sad fact is that even if they were prepared to bring it into Gaza, Hamas would just steal it.

So, if there is indeed any type of hunger crisis or food scarcity in Gaza, the blame is squarely at Hamas' door, but we already knew that.

And for those who think air dropped aid is the solution, it really, really isn't. It's just foreign countries flexing their aid muscle, "Ok look at us, we're so kind, look how we take care of the poor suffering Gazans."

Nobody can save Gaza from Hamas, and it's a giant chutzpah to expect Israel to do it.