Overview

• The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns that Gaza has reached famine thresholds for food consumption and acute malnutrition.
• More than 60,000 Palestinians have died and starvation-related fatalities continue to rise as humanitarian aid remains far below what is needed.
• The Arab League, the European Union and 17 other nations issued a joint declaration demanding Hamas end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority.
• President Donald Trump acknowledged “real starvation” in Gaza and pledged to establish U.S. food centers in the enclave to feed starving civilians.
• Security cabinet member Zeev Elkin floated annexing parts of Gaza to pressure Hamas, a move that could undermine prospects for a future Palestinian state.