Overview

• The IDF has formally cleared Egypt and the UAE to resume aerial parachute deliveries of food and essentials over Gaza for the first time since last year
• More than 1,000 trucks of aid that spoiled at the Kerem Shalom crossing were destroyed by Israeli forces after weeks of blockade, deepening supply gaps
• Aid distributions have been funneled exclusively through the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, sidelining UN agencies and NGOs and triggering deadly bottlenecks at distribution sites
• Medical teams report rising rates of child and maternal malnutrition in Gaza, with one in four children under five affected and hospitals treating fainting and developmental damage as a third of residents go without food for days
• Israeli officials dispute international famine alerts, accusing UN bodies and NGOs of relying on unverified figures influenced by Hamas propaganda