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Here’s where things stand on Monday 27 July 2025:
- The United Nations’ humanitarian chief tells Al Jazeera that while Israel’s decision to allow more aid into Gaza is welcome, it is still just a “drop in the ocean” as severe restrictions continue to block life-saving deliveries.
- Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians waiting for food at two sites in Gaza, killing at least one and wounding many, as 14 more Palestinians die of malnutrition over the last day, including a baby.
- France and Saudi Arabia are hosting a conference in New York to revive the stalled push for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 59,733 people and wounded 144,477. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks, and more than 200 were taken captive.
‘Some version of PA’ taking control in Gaza only way forward, says analyst
Dan Perry, former chairman of the Foreign Press Association of Israel, said he believes Netanyahu – looking to elections slated for October 2026 – is likely to eventually move to end a war that has become deeply unpopular.
However, he said “the only logical way out of this is for some version of the PA [Palestinian Authority] to be restored in Gaza”.
“I would expect pressure on Israel to accept that. And I would expect pressure on Hamas to disarm and allow the war to end,” Perry told Al Jazeera, arguing that Arab countries should put pressure on Hamas to do so.
“I think both sides will have a lot to answer for”, he said.
Germany says it is ready to ramp up pressure on Israel over Gaza aid
Berlin is willing to take steps to press Israel to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to a government spokesman who reviewed a recent phone call between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Israeli PM Netanyahu.
“The chancellor was very clear in the phone conversation with the Israeli prime minister … that the federal government is prepared to increase the pressure if progress is not made,” the spokesperson said, without providing details.
“In principle, we are prepared to take further steps, which is also the purpose of this afternoon’s security meeting,” he said, referring to a meeting of the German security cabinet.
Yesterday, Merz called on Netanyahu “to do everything in his power to achieve an immediate ceasefire. He urged him to provide the starving civilian population in Gaza with urgently needed humanitarian aid now”.
“This aid must reach the civilian population quickly, safely, and in the required quantities,” said a German government statement.
Germany’s staunch backing for Israel has come under increased criticism in recent days as the Israeli-induced starvation crisis deepens in Gaza.
‘World pressure’ pushing Israel’s aid shift
Dan Perry, former chairman of the Foreign Press Association of Israel, says mounting foreign pressure is clearly the reason why Israel has allowed more aid into Gaza.
“Israel has never had a coherent strategy regarding how much aid needs to go in. … They turn it up, and they turn it down,” Perry told Al Jazeera.
But now “they are trying to react to world pressure,” which is growing due to the “images of stupendous suffering of innocent people”, he said.
However, within Israel, people are deeply divided over the government’s aid approach, he said.
“There is one school of thought that says this is a cruel war and that throughout history, parties of war have not generally been overly concerned with sending humanitarian aid to the other side,” he noted.
“There is very much another school of thought that says this is a disgrace that taints the entire population of Israel and might embroil Israel in future legal and moral quandaries that most Israelis don’t want to deal with.
“It’s heartbreaking to witness the consequences.”
Here’s a recap of the latest developments in Gaza
- At least 43 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza since dawn, including nine people seeking aid, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.
- Fourteen more Palestinians died of malnutrition in the last 24 hours, including another infant, as hunger worsens across the enclave.
- Israel’s military body COGAT says 120 aid trucks entered Gaza yesterday, distributed by the UN and international organisations.
- The UN has welcomed increased aid access, but says critical restrictions remain in place, blocking the delivery of life-saving supplies.
- Gaza’s Government Media Office warns of a catastrophic baby formula shortage, saying more than 40,000 infants below one year of age are at risk of a “slow death” due to Israel’s blockade.
- France and Saudi Arabia are co-hosting a conference in New York aimed at reviving efforts towards a two-state solution.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will call an emergency meeting on Gaza, under pressure to back a ceasefire. He is expected to meet Trump later today to discuss the conflict.
Israeli jets circle Gaza despite ‘humanitarian pauses’
What Israel describes as “humanitarian pauses” are, in fact, limited and seen as unilateral suspensions of military activities that usually last for a few hours and are confined to select areas.
Now these pauses, as we have seen, lack international oversight or any sort of coordination with humanitarian agencies.
Right now, I can hear the sound of Israeli fighters in the sky.
Now, medical reports that have been shared by Gaza’s Health Ministry suggest that 43 Palestinians have been killed today, and the number is expected to rise till the end of the day.
UNRWA ‘ready’ to deliver aid to Gaza but prevented by Israeli attacks and restrictions
A starvation crisis is gripping Gaza, and while some aid has trickled in, it’s nowhere near enough.
The UN said more food is needed to prevent famine and a catastrophic health crisis. Sam Rose is acting director of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), which Israel banned last year.
He said UNRWA is ready and able to deliver lifesaving aid in Gaza, but Israeli restrictions and ongoing attacks prevent food, water and healthcare from reaching those in desperate need, especially children.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian Christian village in West Bank, PA says
A group of Israeli settlers have attacked the Palestinian town of Taybeh – home to 1,300 people, mostly Christians – in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The settlers set Palestinian vehicles ablaze and spray-painted “racist threats in Hebrew on homes and property”, the Ramallah-based PA wrote on X.
A Taybeh resident told the AFP news agency the attack took place about 2am (23:00 GMT on Sunday) and at least two vehicles were burned.
The PA’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, calling it “settler terrorism”.
Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, also condemned it, writing on X: “These extremist settlers may claim that God gave them the land. But they are nothing but criminals abhorrent to any faith.”
Photos: Palestinians mourn loved ones killed in Israeli attacks in Khan Younis
Iran to host UN nuclear watchdog
The International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Iran within the next two weeks, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
The announcement comes days after the IAEA said Tehran was prepared to resume technical discussions.
Baghaei said Iran would present a new framework for future cooperation with the IAEA, based on a recently passed parliamentary law that restricts access to its nuclear sites.
The move follows Israeli and US air strikes last month on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Iranian officials said 935 people were killed during the 12-day air war with Israel.
Iran maintains that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only and has consistently denied seeking nuclear weapons. Israel, widely believed to possess nuclear arms, has never officially acknowledged its arsenal.
Israeli forces hit apartment in Gaza City with deadly attack
An Israeli attack has hit an apartment in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, killing one person and injuring others, according to local health officials cited by our colleagues on the ground.
The attack comes as Israel pledged to “pause” attacks on Gaza City for 10 hours today to facilitate the transfer and collection of humanitarian aid.
Earlier, as we reported, an attack on a residential building in eastern Gaza City killed at least three people.
Gaza death toll since dawn reaches 43, 9 of them aid seekers
At least 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, including nine aid seekers, sources in Gaza hospitals have told Al Jazeera.
Gaza mother killed while seeking food, leaving children orphaned and facing starvation
More and more mothers are being killed while trying to find food for their starving children in Gaza.
As food becomes more scarce, men are often sent to bring back supplies from aid distribution sites. Since many have died in the process, more Palestinian women are being forced to choose between dying of hunger or risking getting killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum has been speaking to one family facing this dilemma in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.