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Here’s where things stand on Sunday 27 July 2025:
- Israel commits to daily 10-hour pauses in military operations in parts of Gaza “for humanitarian purposes” as it says aid corridors are being set up to “refute the false claim on intentional starvation”
- Israel has been facing mounting pressure from Western governments, with aid agencies warning that mass starvation is taking hold in Gaza
- The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says six more people have died of malnutrition in the last 24 hours
- The pauses come after Israel delivered seven packages of aid into Gaza by air – a method aid agencies say won’t bring in enough aid to address spreading starvation
- At least 127 people have died from malnutrition since the war began, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says
Israel’s humanitarian pause comes after growing pressure
Israel was facing international outrage as images of emaciated children, accounts of people fainting from hunger and reports of Palestinians starving to death in Gaza spread across the world.
There was growing pressure from the UN and aid agencies, which have been warning of mass starvation in the territory, and even some of Israel’s allies who have blamed the country’s restrictions on the entry and distribution of aid for this crisis.
Israel, which as an occupying power has the obligation under international law to protect civilians, has categorically rejected the allegations.
But it had blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into the territory between March and May, in what was then described as a strategy to put pressure on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, which did not happen. It was accused of using food as a weapon, a war crime, which it also denied.
Then, it created a controversial new system for the distribution of supplies, which requires people to walk to a handful of militarised hubs, often at great risk.
It said the system, which largely bypassed the UN and other agencies with decades of experience, was needed to prevent the large-scale diversion of aid from Hamas, although it has never provided evidence that this was happening. The UN described the mechanism as insufficient and inhumane, calling it “death traps”: it says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid under the system.
As a result, a limited amount of food was getting in, and what was there was not reaching everyone.
It is still not clear how much food will now enter Gaza, and to how many people. For some, any help will probably arrive too late
Photos show some Gazans receiving aid supplies as pause begins
We’ve just received some new pictures from northern Gaza, showing people in Beit Lahia carrying bags of aid.
This follows an announcement from Israel of a tactical pause in fighting in some areas to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians.
Crowds were seen climbing onto aid trucks and carrying large sacks on their shoulders.
More aid for Gaza expected in coming days – Jordanian state media
We’ve now got more details on Jordan’s aid delivery to Gaza.
A convoy set off towards the Strip on Sunday, with 60 trucks carrying essential food supplies, according to the country’s state-run news agency Petra.
The relief effort was organised through coordination between the Jordanian Armed Forces, the UN’s World Food Programme and World Central Kitchen.
“Today’s convoy addresses immediate food insecurity and is expected to be followed by additional shipments in the days ahead, ensuring continued support for those most affected.”
Israel’s security minister says he was ‘deliberately’ left out of discussions on Gaza aidpublished at 12:3112:31
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, says he was “deliberately” left out of discussions by the prime minister’s office on today’s measures to increase aid in Gaza.
In a social media post, he says an official told him a security consultation was held without him on Saturday night, with the excuse of not wanting him to “desecrate Sabbath”.
The far-right minister describes Israel’s air drop as a “shame and disgrace”, saying he will fight the decision.
WFP welcomes ‘tactical pause’ and opening of aid corridors
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says it welcomes Israel’s move to implement pauses in military action in parts of Gaza, as well as the creation of humanitarian corridors for aid to enter.
The organisation says it has enough food to feed the entire population of 2.1 million Gazans for almost three months.
Alongside Israel’s earlier assurances – like allowing more trucks in and promising no armed forces or shooting near convoys – the WFP says it hopes “these measures will allow for a surge in urgently needed food assistance to reach hungry people without further delays”.
However, UN body adds that “an agreed ceasefire is the only way for humanitarian assistance to reach the entire civilian population in Gaza with critical food supplies in a consistent, predictable, orderly and safe manner.”
Getting aid is dangerous but we go out for the sake of children, says Gazan
In Beit Lahia, north Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians are carrying bags of humanitarian aid.
“The way of aid distribution is very harmful and dangerous, but we go out for the sake of children, because a child cries, telling you: ‘Uncle, I want a loaf of bread’. It breaks your heart,” Mohammed al-Masry tells Reuters.
“It feels like a million knives into your heart, a million knives in your heart. We bring a bag of flour with a million deaths, but we go for the sake of the children.
“We are calling upon the Arab nations, we are calling upon the entire world, everyone with a consciousness, everyone with humanity, for God’s sake, have a look at these poor people,” says Mohammed.
“I swear to God, one dies a million deaths to get his family’s food. It is unfair.”
Israeli air strike hit western Gaza hour after humanitarian pause began – witnesses say
An Israeli airstrike hit a residential apartment in western Gaza City on Sunday, just an hour after a temporary humanitarian pause was announced for the area, according to eyewitnesses.
Local residents reported that war planes targeted a high-rise building west of Gaza City, despite Israel’s declaration of a limited pause in military activity to allow humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza.
A local journalist told the BBC that rescue teams pulled two bodies and several injured people from the rubble of the targeted apartment.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the reported strike.
The humanitarian pause, which came into effect earlier in the day, was intended to facilitate the entry of food and medicine into Gaza, where more than two million people face a deepening humanitarian crisis after months of war.
Gaza health ministry says six more people have died of malnutrition
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says there have been six deaths due to malnutrition in the last 24 hours.
This brings the total number of deaths due to malnutrition to 133, including 87 children, since the start of the war.
Nine killed in central Gaza while waiting for aid convoy, hospital says
At least nine Palestinians were killed and 54 others wounded in an Israeli shooting apparently targeting civilians gathered at an aid convoy route along Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza, according to medical officials.
The spokesman of al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat says that the victims were brought in following an Israeli shooting which hit civilians waiting for humanitarian assistance.
Local sources say the incident happened near the Netzarim Corridor, and that many people had gathered there earlier in the day in anticipation of incoming aid convoys.
The IDF has been approached for comment about the incident.
Starmer will raise issue of Gaza when he meets Trump tomorrow
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to raise the situation in Gaza when he meets US President Donald Trump in Turnberry tomorrow.
He is likely to welcome US efforts to bring about a ceasefire with partners in the region and to discuss what more can be done to urgently get a ceasefire in place and end the suffering in Gaza.
The two leaders are also expected to talk about trade and bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.
Israel allows more aid to enter Gaza – what you need to know
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For several days, we’ve been reporting on international warnings about food shortages and a starvation crisis in Gaza.
Today, Israel has said it will allow some aid to enter the Strip via “humanitarian corridors”. Here are the key points you need to know:
- Israel has announced a limited “tactical pause in military activity” in parts of Gaza – here’s when and where it happens
- It also says secure routes will be set up “permanently” to allow for the safe passage of aid
- Separately, the Israeli military says it has dropped seven packages of aid into the Strip -which led to Palestinians fighting each other to get them, our Gaza correspondent reports
- Aid agencies have criticised the air drop plan for offering a fraction of what is needed to address malnutrition
- Countries including UAE, Jordan and Egypt are now delivering aid to Gaza by land and air, with Egypt’s aid already crossing the border
We’ll keep monitoring the situation and bring you all the latest updates. Stay with us.