Overview

• Over 100 international NGOs say rules enacted in March requiring full donor and Palestinian staff data have prevented independent aid deliveries, resulting in millions of dollars of supplies stuck in Egypt, Jordan and Israeli warehouses.
• Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry reports more than 235 hunger-related deaths since the war began — including over 100 children — figures that Israel disputes.
• U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distributions have replaced UN-led aid channels but drawn criticism for violent bottlenecks and deadly incidents at fenced distribution sites.
• Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir approved an expanded offensive framework targeting Gaza City, central refugee camps and southern areas, raising prospects of further displacement for hundreds of thousands.
• EU foreign ministers and other international actors have called on Israel to lift NGO restrictions, unblock aid corridors and scale up impartial humanitarian access to avert famine and bolster ceasefire efforts.