Overview

• - The UN-linked IPC formally declared famine on August 22, a finding Israel rejects as flawed and has asked the UN to withdraw.
• - Israel’s government has rolled out roughly 300 YouTube ads and brought influencers to showcase food in Gaza, with videos asserting “There is food in Gaza.”
• - McCain visited Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis, reported seeing children treated for acute malnutrition, and called for a ceasefire to enable large-scale aid delivery.
• - The WFP’s 200-site network remains largely inactive as distributions center on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; UN experts reported alleged disappearances near its Rafah site that the group denies.
• - Reporting by the Wall Street Journal says Egypt is training about 10,000 personnel for a possible postwar role in Gaza, while the IDF says two new food distribution hubs would bring the current total to six.