Overview

• Gaza’s food stocks have been fully depleted, leaving 2.3 million residents facing near-total starvation under a regimen that permits only 28 aid trucks per day.
• On July 27, the Israeli Defense Forces conducted their first humanitarian airdrop, dropping seven packages of flour, sugar and canned food.
• Humanitarian organizations report widespread malnutrition, outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea, empty markets and collapsing adults in the streets.
• The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take effective measures for famine relief, but its provisional measures have not been enforced under the Israel-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
• Graphic images of hunger have driven public dissent among diaspora Jewish communities, with many supporters re-evaluating their stance on Israel’s policies.