Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, Gaza remains trapped in a humanitarian nightmare. According to UN officials, barely a fraction of the promised relief is being allowed into the enclave, leaving millions of displaced Palestinians without food, shelter, or medicine. Out of thousands of aid trucks waiting at Gaza’s crossings, only a small number, between 150 and 200 per day, are permitted to enter, far short of the needs of a population ravaged by two years of genocidal war and an unrelenting blockade.

More than 6,000 trucks loaded with food, tents, and medical supplies remain stranded just beyond Gaza’s borders. Enough aid to feed 1.3 million people for three months sits idle, as families inside the Strip struggle to survive on contaminated water and meagre rations. The collapse of Gaza’s infrastructure, water, electricity, sanitation, and communication, has turned daily life into an ordeal. Hospitals, already decimated by bombardment, now function in crisis mode, with staff overwhelmed and medicines running out. Thousands of patients are left untreated as diseases spread through overcrowded shelters.

The scale of deprivation is staggering: over 90% of Gaza’s population suffers from malnutrition, while hundreds of thousands sleep in the open amid the ruins of their homes. Humanitarian agencies warn that unless full access is restored immediately, the enclave faces an irreversible collapse. The situation has laid bare the cruelty of collective punishment, a population starved not only of food and medicine but of hope itself. Gaza, exhausted and besieged, stands as a testament to the world’s failure to turn a truce into true relief.