Overview

• Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered a suspension of all humanitarian deliveries after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to resign without new measures preventing Hamas from seizing aid
• The IDF has been tasked with proposing a plan within two days to stop aid diversions and resume deliveries
• Rights groups and U.N. officials report that four large GHF distribution sites have been militarized, resulting in more than 300 Palestinian civilian deaths since May 27
• The United States has committed at least $30 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation despite criticism that its funding supports a system described as a collective punishment tool
• Ceasefire talks facilitated by Egyptian and Qatari mediators have intensified in recent days as humanitarian conditions continue to deteriorate