Overview

• More than 100 NGOs and UN agencies have issued urgent warnings of a mass famine in Gaza after an Israeli blockade imposed in March and only partially eased in late May caused critical shortages.
• Gaza’s al-Chifa hospital reported 21 child deaths from malnutrition in 72 hours, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says over 1,000 people have been killed seeking aid since late May.
• Humanitarian organizations say tons of essentials—food, water, medical supplies, shelter materials and fuel—are stranded in warehouses inside and outside Gaza because distribution remains blocked.
• Israeli authorities accuse Hamas of diverting or looting aid and using violence at aid points, claims that Hamas rejects while blaming Israel for weaponizing hunger.
• US envoy Steve Witkoff is in Europe to finalize a humanitarian corridor for reliable aid deliveries even as indirect ceasefire negotiations have stalled.