Overview

• Gaza health authorities say nearly 200 people, including 96 children, have died of hunger as hospitals record new famine-related fatalities.
• WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns that about 12,000 children under five suffered acute malnutrition in July, a record monthly high.
• UN partners reached only 8,700 of the 290,000 children in need of food and nutritional supplements across the enclave.
• Doctors Without Borders reports that over 1,300 Palestinians have been killed seeking food at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites, alleging deliberate targeting.
• Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 22 people in residential areas and Prime Minister Netanyahu reaffirmed plans for full military control of Gaza.