Aid missions to Gaza - in pictures


  • Displaced Palestinians receive food at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, January 2025. Reuters
    Displaced Palestinians receive food at a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, January 2025. Reuters
  • People rush to catch aid supplies dropped by planes over the north of the Gaza Strip, in April 2024. AFP
    People rush to catch aid supplies dropped by planes over the north of the Gaza Strip, in April 2024. AFP
  • Humanitarian aid supplies are dropped from a Jordanian military aircraft over the Gaza Strip, April 2024. AFP
    Humanitarian aid supplies are dropped from a Jordanian military aircraft over the Gaza Strip, April 2024. AFP
  • A lorry carries supplies across the Trident Pier, a temporary platform built by the US to deliver aid, near the Gaza coast, in June 2024. Reuters
    A lorry carries supplies across the Trident Pier, a temporary platform built by the US to deliver aid, near the Gaza coast, in June 2024. Reuters
  • Palestinians gather in the hope of receiving aid delivered into Gaza through the US-built Trident Pier, in May 2024. Reuters
    Palestinians gather in the hope of receiving aid delivered into Gaza through the US-built Trident Pier, in May 2024. Reuters
  • Lorries carry humanitarian supplies into the enclave through the pier, in May 2024. AFP
    Lorries carry humanitarian supplies into the enclave through the pier, in May 2024. AFP
  • People carry bags of flour seized from an aid lorry near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, in Gaza city, February 2024. Reuters
    People carry bags of flour seized from an aid lorry near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, in Gaza city, February 2024. Reuters
  • A ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza leaves the UAE's Fujairah, February 2024. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza leaves the UAE's Fujairah, February 2024. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Aid lorry drivers wait near the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, February 2024. Victor Besa / The National
    Aid lorry drivers wait near the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, February 2024. Victor Besa / The National
  • Israeli soldiers at the gate of an inspection area for lorries carrying humanitarian aid supplies for Palestinians, on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza, May 2024. AP
    Israeli soldiers at the gate of an inspection area for lorries carrying humanitarian aid supplies for Palestinians, on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza, May 2024. AP
  • Israeli right-wing protesters block lorries carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, at the entrance to Ashdod port in southern Israel, February 2024. EPA
    Israeli right-wing protesters block lorries carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, at the entrance to Ashdod port in southern Israel, February 2024. EPA
  • Lorries stuck on a road near Mitzpe Ramon, in Israel, amid a protest aimed at preventing humanitarian aid from arriving in Gaza, May 2024. Reuters
    Lorries stuck on a road near Mitzpe Ramon, in Israel, amid a protest aimed at preventing humanitarian aid from arriving in Gaza, May 2024. Reuters
  • People crowd around aid lorries in Gaza City, on February 29, 2024. Israeli forces shot dead 104 people when crowds rushed towards the lorries, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said. AFP
    People crowd around aid lorries in Gaza City, on February 29, 2024. Israeli forces shot dead 104 people when crowds rushed towards the lorries, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said. AFP
  • Men carry the bodies of people killed when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds rushing at an aid distribution point in Gaza City on February 29, 2024. AFP
    Men carry the bodies of people killed when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds rushing at an aid distribution point in Gaza City on February 29, 2024. AFP