Overview

• Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer condemned Israel's blockade as 'indefensible' and called for immediate humanitarian access to Gaza.
• The UN warned of a critical famine risk, with nearly half a million people facing starvation under the ongoing aid blockade.
• The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plans to begin distributing aid by the end of May, urging Israel to allow interim aid flows now.
• Prominent UK rabbis launched the SOS campaign, urging the British government to pressure Israel to end the blockade and address the humanitarian crisis.
• Israeli airstrikes intensified, killing at least 100 Palestinians in a single day, further compounding Gaza's dire humanitarian situation.