Overview

• The Gaza Health Ministry reports more than 60,000 Palestinians killed and 145,000 injured since October 7, 2023, including at least 154 deaths from hunger and over 1,000 killed seeking humanitarian aid since May.
• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warns Gaza’s blockade-driven famine has reached worst-case levels as food consumption plunges and child malnutrition quadruples in two months.
• At least 46 Palestinians were killed overnight by Israeli strikes and gunfire near food distribution sites, according to Gaza health officials.
• Ceasefire negotiations collapsed again this week, leaving aid corridors closed most days and sporadic pauses unable to meet the territory’s daily food requirements.
• U.S. and European officials are publicly pressing Israel to expand aid, with President Trump acknowledging ‘real starvation’ and the U.K. and France warning they may recognize Palestine to spur relief efforts.