Overview

• On July 28, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel released parallel reports asserting that Israel’s offensive in Gaza meets legal criteria for genocide under the Geneva Convention.
• The Israeli government, represented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and spokesperson David Mencer, dismissed the accusations and maintained that its operations target Hamas militants, not civilians.
• Doctors and aid workers in Gaza describe hospital staff fainting from hunger and newborns surviving on water due to formula shortages, with civilian casualties nearing 60,000.
• Germany announced an immediate humanitarian air bridge in coordination with Jordan, France and the United Kingdom to deliver limited food and medical supplies to the blockaded territory.
• The World Health Organization reported that 63 of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this year occurred in July, prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to condemn hunger as a weapon of war.