Overview

• Four flights delivered 40 tonnes of food supplies from Jordan to the Gaza Strip on August 1
• French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called the airdrops insufficient and described conditions in Gaza as revolting
• In early July, Gaza health authorities reported more than 5,000 malnutrition admissions among children under five as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warned of a developing famine
• Barrot described the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s militarized aid convoys as a "bloodbath" and demanded their suspension following deadly distribution incidents
• The Israeli government rejects accusations of pursuing a starvation policy that critics say could constitute a war crime