Who Delivers Aid Inside Gaza? More Than 70%, on COGAT’s Count
COGAT counts more than 70% of aid entering Gaza as delivered by the United Nations and international organisations, plus trucks, airdrops and water.
More than 70% of the aid entering Gaza is delivered by the United Nations and international organisations, a figure the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories publishes in its Humanitarian Efforts in the Gaza Strip document, read on 31 August 2026. The share is COGAT’s own count of its own coordination activity, and COGAT uses it to distinguish what it coordinates at the crossings from what other organisations carry out. The same document records over 100,000 trucks of aid entering since the start of the war, close to 80% of it food, all of these figures written as floors rather than exact totals.
| Figure | What it counts | Who published it | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| More than 70% | Share of the aid entering Gaza delivered by international aid organisations, the body’s own count | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | Since the start of the war, as published |
| Over 100,000 trucks | Aid trucks entering through the various crossings, a floor | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | Since the start of the war |
| More than 25,200 trucks | Food, water, medicine and shelter equipment entering under the hostage release deal, a floor | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | From 19 January 2025 |
| Over 10,000 trucks | Trucks entering to international aid organisations, a floor | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | Following the reopening in March |
| Over 2,300 packages | Aid packages airdropped, a floor | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | Since airdrop operations began |
| More than 70,000 cubic meters per day | Water facilitated through external water lines and desalination facilities, excluding local wells, a floor | COGAT, Humanitarian Situation Report During the Ceasefire | As of the July 2026 report |
| 7,800 tons | Cumulative aid delivered via the aerial route | Israel Defense Forces | As at 19 August 2025 |
| More than 106,000 trucks | Aid trucks carrying over two million tons of food, water, medicine and equipment, Israel’s stated total | Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 7 October 2023 to 14 September 2025 |
COGAT states over 70% of aid is delivered by international organisations
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories reports that more than 70% of the aid entering Gaza is delivered by the United Nations and international organisations. That is the count of an Israeli Ministry of Defense unit describing its own coordination role, and the document sets the share against what it says it coordinates rather than carries out. The same publication puts close to 80% of the aid that entered as a wide variety of food.
- The named deliverers in the sentence are the United Nations and international organisations, as a category. No individual organisation is named alongside the share.
- The complement, under 30%, is not itemised in the document.
- The food share, close to 80%, describes composition and is not a share of who delivered anything.
Over 10,000 trucks went to the UN and international organisations
COGAT counts over 10,000 trucks entering through the crossings following the reopening in March, to the United Nations and to international aid organisations, and more than 25,200 trucks of food, water, medicine and shelter equipment entering from 19 January 2025 as part of the hostage release deal. Both are the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories’ own counts of trucks handled at the crossings, written as floors. The counting point is the crossing, which is where the record documents the handover.
Over 2,300 aid packages were airdropped, on COGAT’s own count
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories records over 2,300 aid packages airdropped since the beginning of airdrop operations, its own count and a floor. The Israel Defense Forces separately reports 7,800 tons of aid delivered via the aerial route, a cumulative running total as at 19 August 2025 and the force’s own count of its own activity. The two count packages and tonnage respectively, on different bases, and are not one series.
| Figure | What it counts | Who published it | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 2,300 packages | Aid packages airdropped, a floor | Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories | Since airdrop operations began |
| 7,800 tons | Aid delivered via the aerial route, cumulative | Israel Defense Forces | As at 19 August 2025 |
COGAT facilitates more than 70,000 cubic meters of water daily
More than 70,000 cubic meters of water a day is facilitated through external water lines and desalination facilities, excluding local wells, on COGAT’s own count as of its July 2026 Humanitarian Situation Report During the Ceasefire. Water on that route reaches Gaza through pipelines and plants rather than through an organisation’s convoy, and the figure is a floor. The Israel Defense Forces states that a new water line will serve around 600,000 residents, a projection published on 19 August 2025 by a party to the events it describes, and not a count of people served.
- The 70,000 cubic meters figure excludes local wells, so it is not a total of all water available in Gaza.
- The 600,000 residents figure is forward-looking and attaches to one water line.
- Neither figure is measured in trucks, and neither may be added to a truck count.
No Israeli body here names the organisations distributing inside Gaza
COGAT’s humanitarian-efforts document, its July 2026 ceasefire situation report, the Israel Defense Forces page of 19 August 2025 and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing of 14 September 2025 all report entry at the crossings and, in COGAT’s case, the share delivered by the United Nations and international organisations. Each is the publishing body’s own count of its own activity. None of the four names an individual organisation, publishes a per-organisation truck count, or records where inside Gaza the goods were handed out.
| Publication | What it names | What it does not publish |
|---|---|---|
| Humanitarian Efforts in the Gaza Strip | International aid organisations as a category, and a share above 70% | Any named organisation or per-organisation count |
| Humanitarian Situation Report During the Ceasefire, July 2026 | Water lines, desalination facilities, food and medical tonnage | Distribution points inside Gaza |
| Clearing Up the Misconceptions, 19 August 2025 | Tonnage by route, including the aerial route | Who received or handed out each consignment |
| Israel’s Objectives and Current Operation, 14 September 2025 | More than 106,000 trucks and more than 12,000 since May 2025 | Which organisations carried them onward |
Source: Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, each publishing its own counts.
Which of these figures may not be added together?
The three truck counts are nested periods and not additive components: the 100,000 runs from the start of the war, the 25,200 from 19 January 2025 and the 10,000 from the reopening in March, so the later two sit inside the first. A truck count is not a quantity of aid, because the documents give no load per truck, and it cannot be set against the tonnage figures, which are counted on a different basis. Package counts and tonnage are separate series. Every figure on this page is written as a floor or an approximation by the body that published it, and each is that body’s own count of its own coordination or operational activity. The 70% describes delivery of the aid entering Gaza, and the documents publish no count of distribution points.
Questions readers ask
Who does COGAT say delivers aid inside Gaza?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories reports that more than 70% of the aid entering Gaza is delivered by the United Nations and international organisations, its own count, stated as a category rather than a list of named bodies.
Does the 70% cover distribution or entry?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories publishes the share to distinguish what it coordinates at the crossings from what other organisations carry out. The document sets no separate figure for household-level distribution.
How many aid trucks has Israel counted entering Gaza?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories counts over 100,000 trucks since the start of the war, and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported more than 106,000 trucks carrying over two million tons as of 14 September 2025. Both are the publishing body’s own counts and both are floors.
Can the truck counts be added together?
No. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories records them over nested periods, so the 25,200 from 19 January 2025 and the 10,000 from the March reopening sit inside the war-long total.
Does a truck count tell you how much aid entered?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories publishes no load per truck in this document, so the truck counts cannot be converted into weight.
How much aid entered by air?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories counts over 2,300 airdropped packages since airdrop operations began, and the Israel Defense Forces reports 7,800 tons via the aerial route as at 19 August 2025. Each is the publishing body’s own count.
How much water reaches Gaza each day?
COGAT states more than 70,000 cubic meters a day through external water lines and desalination facilities, excluding local wells, its own count as of its July 2026 ceasefire report.
What share of the aid entering Gaza is food?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories puts close to 80% of the aid that entered as a wide variety of food, on its own count.
Does Israel name the organisations distributing aid?
None of the four publications read here names an individual organisation. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories names the United Nations and international organisations as a category.
Where does the Israeli record stop?
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories counts entry at the crossings, and publishes no record of where inside Gaza goods were handed out.
What did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publish on later aid?
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported more than 12,000 trucks entering since May 2025, 80% of them carrying food, as of 14 September 2025, Israel’s own stated count.
Sources
- Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. Humanitarian Efforts in the Gaza Strip. gov.il. Official or primary record.
- COGAT, 2026. Humanitarian Situation Report During the Ceasefire. gaza-aid-data.gov.il. Official or primary record.
- Israel Defense Forces, 2025. Clearing Up the Misconceptions: Everything You Need to Know About the Humanitarian Aid Situation in Gaza. idf.il. Official or primary record.
- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Mission of Israel to the Multilateral Organizations in France, 2025. Israel’s Objectives and Current Operation. embassies.gov.il. Official or primary record.
