Overview

• Joint operations by Jordan, the UAE, the UK, Spain, Germany and France have delivered hundreds of parachute loads but remain far below the daily calorie needs identified by international food security experts.
• UN rights monitors report that at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since late May while waiting at aid distribution points.
• US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff toured Gaza’s distribution centers on August 1–2 to press for expanded land access and design new delivery plans amid stalled truce negotiations.
• Hamas has insisted it will not relinquish arms without guarantees of a fully sovereign Palestinian state and has accused the US of complicity in “famine and genocide.”
• An estimated 60,000 demonstrators rallied in Tel Aviv on August 2 to demand a ceasefire and the return of Israeli hostages after recent videos showed detainees in extreme malnourishment.