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STORY: GAZA / HUMANITARIAN AID
TRT: 10:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGES: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 03 AUGUST 2025, NORTHERN GAZA
1. Various shots, thousands of Palestinians seeking aid arriving from the Israeli Zikim crossing in northern Gaza
2. Various shots, Mohammed Mudeiris, a child who lost his father in an Israeli airstrike yesterday, coming today to secure food for his siblings from aid trucks arriving via the Zikim crossing
3. Various shots, Mohammed Mudeiris walking among people, begging them to give him some flour
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Mudeiris:
“I’m the eldest of my siblings after my father. He was killed in an airstrike yesterday. I’m trying to ask anyone to give me a plate of flour or a meal from the aid that arrived today—we’re seeing it for the first time.”
5. Various shots, Asma Masoud, displaced from northern Gaza, returning from a search for food.
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Asma Masoud:
“We never get our fair share of the aid. My husband is paralyzed, and there are widows and women like me who can’t secure food for their children. Some young men take the aid and sell it at high prices. I am helpless and cannot afford to buy it. I throw myself into danger to bring food to my children. We hope the world ensures a fair distribution mechanism, especially UNRWA and international organizations. Aid should be delivered through text messages so that everyone in need gets their share. Only certain people benefit and resell the aid—we can’t afford it. It’s unjust.”
7. Various shots, people sitting on empty aid trucks after supplies have been unloaded
8. Various shots, thousands of Palestinians gathered around the Zikim crossing seeking aid.
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abir Safi, displaced from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood:
“The UN used to distribute aid, and I could get it easily. Now, we get nothing. I risk my life going to Zikim and return with an empty bag. I just want to return to my children with something. The ones benefiting now are traders and thieves. Widows, women, and the elderly are left out. I’m a widow, I’ve lost a lot of weight, and my health is deteriorating. No one feels us except God. I want my dignity. I want to get aid through the UN.”
10. Various shots, people sitting on aid trucks after unloading.
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maqboula Adas, displaced from Shuja’iyya:
“My husband is injured and can’t move. My eldest son has a broken leg. I have three daughters. No one supports us but God. Every day I go to get 5 kilograms of flour for them. Without me, they would have died of hunger.”
12. Various shots, Palestinians returning from searching for food along Al-Rasheed Street in northern Gaza.
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faiza Al-Teramsi, displaced from Shuja’iyya:
“They fire shells and bullets at us here. We are forced to lie on the ground. I hide among over 200 men, and bullets fly over my head. If you raise your head, you’re hit. If you stay down, bullets fall around you.”
14. Various shots, Palestinians returning from food searches on Al-Rasheed Street.
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Inaam Siam, displaced from Jabalia refugee camp:
“I’m a widow and mother of six orphaned children, one of whom is injured. I go out every day amid death to bring them food. I see the dead and wounded. Why can’t the aid be delivered to warehouses and distributed via text messages? If I’m killed, who will take care of my children? There are thousands of women in my situation. We want safety, peace, and a fair system that ensures aid reaches those in need.”
16. Various shots, Ibrahim Bsaiso, a child who lost his father in the war, begging those who received aid to give him food for his family.
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim Bsaiso:
“I go for aid and risk my life to bring flour for my mother and siblings. I also collect cardboard. Some people push me when I ask for a kilo of flour.”
18. Various shots, Palestinians riding on aid trucks returning from northern Gaza.
19. Various shots, thousands of Palestinians walking between tents and rubble on their way back from the Zikim crossing
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) an elderly Palestinian woman:
“No one brings me aid, and many people are in the same situation. We hope aid will be distributed through known centers. That would be better for everyone.”
21. Various shots, displaced people carrying bags of flour and aid boxes near the Zikim crossing
22. Various shots, a young man injured in the face while trying to obtain aid.
23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) an injured young man:
“I came to get aid, but today wasn’t my day. I hope God provides next time, even though I was injured.”
24. Various shots, women carrying bags containing part of the aid they received
25. Various shots, a Palestinian woman listing the items she was able to receive from the aid
26. Various shots, a horse-drawn cart carrying more than seven bodies of Palestinians killed while trying to get aid.
27. Various shots, an ambulance transporting the injured and dead from the northern areas after being shot by Israeli forces
28. Various shots, young men carrying sacks of flour as they return from northern Gaza.
29. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) a young man carrying a sack of flour:
“The current method of aid distribution is extremely poor and dangerous. We call on the world and Arab countries to support us. We hope aid will be distributed through known centers and text messages.”
30. Various shots, displaced people carrying bags of flour and aid boxes they received near the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza
One of the recent scenes in Palestinians’ pursuit of aid is the sight of women and children struggling to secure food for their families. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that large numbers of people reportedly continue to be killed and injured while searching for food.
OCHA said on Friday (01 Aug) that more than 100 people were killed in the past two days alone, with hundreds of others injured, along food convoy routes or near Israeli-militarised distribution hubs.
OCHA reiterated that no one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food. Civilians must always be protected and community-level aid delivery at scale must be facilitated, not obstructed.
The months-long deprivation of most life-sustaining basic goods has led to a deepening of the crisis, which can only be addressed through unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza. Humanitarians must also have rapid, safe and unfettered access to deliver aid in a safe and dignified manner, the UN humanitarian office said.
One of the recent scenes in Palestinians’ pursuit of aid is the sight of women competing alongside men in the hope of securing food for their children — an image that underscores the depth of the crisis endured by Gaza’s population.
Asma Masoud, displaced from northern Gaza with a husband who is fully paralyzed, was forced to go to the truck entry points in northern Gaza in search of food.
Asma said: “We never get our rightful share of the aid distribution. My husband is paralyzed, and there are widows and women like me who are unable to secure food for their children.”
Abir Safi, who lost her husband during the war and is now the sole provider for her children, said: “In the past, the UN used to distribute aid to us. I could go and collect it easily. Now, we receive nothing. I do everything I can to reach the Zikim area, risking my life, only to return with an empty bag. I just want to bring home a full one for my children.”
On 29 July, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Global Initiative issued an alert, noting that the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip, amid widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease, mass displacement, severely restricted humanitarian access, and the collapse of essential services, including health care. The latest data indicate that famine thresholds have been reached for food consumption in most of the Gaza Strip and for acute malnutrition in Gaza city.
Mohammed Mudeiris, a young boy who lost his father in an Israeli airstrike just yesterday (02 Aug), came to collect food for his siblings from aid trucks arriving through the Zikim crossing in northern Gaza. He said, “I’m the eldest of my siblings after my father. My father was killed in an airstrike yesterday, and now I’m begging anyone to give me a plate of flour or one of the aid meals that arrived today—we’re seeing them for the first time.”
Inam Siam, a widow and mother of six, said, “I die every day trying to bring them a bite to eat. Why can’t aid reach us safely and in an organized way? Who will care for my children if I am killed? They’ve already lost their father—I don’t want them to lose me too.”
Scenes from aid distribution points illustrate the scale of the disaster: bodies lying on horse-drawn carts, children carrying sacks of flour on their shoulders, and women crying out desperately for help and food.
As the war rages on, the daily reality in Gaza remains defined by rubble, hunger, despair… and a faint hope that food might arrive before it’s too late.
Since the Israeli announcement to allow the scale up of aid and tactical pauses to allow safe passage for UN convoys, OCHA said that the aid that has entered Gaza so far remains insufficient, and UN convoys continue to face impediments and danger along the routes provided by the Israeli authorities.
