Household physical access to food improved in early October, especially in southern governorates, with 50 per cent of surveyed households reporting better access due to commercial and aid deliveries. However, no food aid convoy has entered the north since 12 September.

Between 28 and 30 October, daily cooked meal production increased by over 40 per cent in Gaza city as more community kitchens resumed functionality and production capacity increased at existing ones.

Following sustained airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, some of which impacted also near humanitarian facilities, the Israeli forces resumed implementation of the ceasefire starting at 10:00 local time on 29 October.

Following sustained airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, some of which impacted also near humanitarian facilities, the Israeli forces resumed implementation of the ceasefire starting at 10:00 local time on 29 October.

Humanitarian actors further increase the number of distribution points and meals served at community kitchens, reaching more people closer to where they reside.

Three Palestinian men were killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces and by an Israeli airstrike in Jenin. The UN Human Rights Office emphasizes that the use of airstrikes in the occupied West Bank is unlawful. 

Israeli airstrikes carried out across the Gaza Strip following a reported attack on Israeli troops beyond the “Yellow Line” resulted in casualties.

The decision by Israeli forces to re-route all humanitarian and commercial truck movements via the Philadelphi Corridor and congested Coastal Road is resulting in delays of aid cargo uplifts. 

The rate of malnutrition in children screened by Nutrition partners decreased from 14 per cent in September to 10 per cent in the first two weeks of October.