Overview

• United Nations data show that since mid-May just 260 of 2,010 aid trucks (10%) reached their intended Gaza destinations, with the rest seized by armed actors or desperate residents.
• At least 1,373 Gazans have died while waiting for food aid at distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation under Israeli military oversight.
• Human Rights Watch reports that Israeli forces have regularly opened fire on starving Palestinians at aid sites, alleging serious violations of international law and potential war crimes.
• U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Mike Huckabee inspected Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centers in Rafah as Washington finalizes a new strategy for delivering food aid.
• U.S. and Israeli officials agreed to abandon partial hostage-release deals in favor of a single, comprehensive plan to free all captives, disarm Hamas and demilitarize Gaza.