Overview

• On August 1, Steve Witkoff toured Foundation Humanitaire de Gaza distribution centers to assess operations and implement a new food‐delivery plan
• Human Rights Watch condemned the U.S.- and Israeli-backed GHF system as a “deadly trap” after UN data showed 1,373 Palestinians killed waiting for aid
• Spain carried out a 12-tonne food airdrop over Gaza as UN agencies warn of a generalized famine
• In Tel Aviv on August 2, Witkoff met with relatives of the 49 remaining Israeli hostages to press for a ceasefire agreement tied to their release
• Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned that military operations will continue without respite unless Hamas agrees to free the captives