Overview

• Palestinians held Eid al-Adha prayers in open air as mosques and homes lay in ruins across Gaza.
• Israel instructed civilians to evacuate parts of northern Gaza ahead of planned intensive military operations and imposed strict limits on movement near aid sites.
• The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization projects nearly 500,000 Gazans will face extreme food deprivation by September, with malnutrition rates climbing.
• Aid convoys resumed after a two-month blockade but distribution has been disrupted by military movement restrictions and reports of troops firing on crowds, prompting a temporary halt by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
• Gaza’s health ministry reports over 54,000 Palestinians have been killed and about 90% of the territory’s population has been displaced since the conflict began.