Israeli defense forces announced changes to Gaza humanitarian aid on Saturday in the middle of the current international pressure as the malnutrition crisis is getting worse.
The FDI said in a statement that it took several measures, in particular by eliminating “seven aid pallets containing flour, sugar and preserved food” at the request of the Israeli government to “refute the false statement of deliberate famine in the Gaza Strip”.
In addition to the air props, the FDIs said that it would create a “humanitarian break in civilian centers and in humanitarian corridors” on Sunday morning to allow the passage of aid. The hours and locations of this short “break” have not yet been announced publicly.
Hundreds of Palestinians struggling with hunger are queuing for hours in the torrid heat to receive food aid while the deepening of the humanitarian crisis continues to have a serious impact on the Palestinians thanks to generalized food shortages at the Nuseirat camp in Gaza, on July 25, 2025.
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The Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas said on Saturday that 127 Palestinians died in malnutrition since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, 85 of whom were children. Five Palestinians died in malnutrition in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
Several humanitarian groups were pressure and more aid in the region last week because they say that humanitarian workers in the field lack supplies and need help. Repeated Mortal shootings According to the United Nations, the aid distribution centers killed hundreds of hundreds.
In Volunteer with doctors without borders (MSF), or doctors without borders, Tell ABC News There are only four stabilization centers for malnutrition in Gaza, and the admission capacity is seriously limited due to the overcrowding of the installations.
The Palestinians carry bags of flour discharged from a convoy of humanitarian aid which reached Gaza City from the north of the Gaza Strip, on July 26, 2025.
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MSF said that 25% of pregnant or breastfeeding children in the Gaza clinics on Thursday were malnourished and that severe malnutrition cases in children under the age of 5 have tripled in just two weeks.
The Israeli government has denied that it limits the amount of aid entering Gaza and said Hamas Steals helps civilians. Hamas has denied these claims.
Electricity will be provided to a desalination plant, increasing the amount of water available increased tenfold, according to the FDI.
The displaced Palestinians of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp Hur Food Poll and other items that they managed to obtain from a GHF aid distribution point to the so-called “Netzarim corridor” in the Gaza Central Strip, July 26, 2025.
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“The FDI is ready to implement humanitarian breaks in densely populated areas and will continue to operate to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and eliminate terrorists in the fields of activity,” the FDI said in a statement.
The FDIs reiterated affirmations of the Israeli government that there is no famine in the Gaza Strip and that it is simply “a false campaign promoted by Hamas”.
Palestinians find it difficult to donate food in community cuisine in Gaza City, Northern Gaza Strip, on July 26, 2025.
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“The responsibility for food distribution to the Gaza population lies in the UN and international aid organizations,” the FDI said in a statement.
Earlier this week, 115 humanitarian groups described in a joint declaration the shortage of casual food in Gaza as a “mass famine” and accused the Israeli government of implementing “restrictions, delays and fragmentation under its total siege [that] have created chaos, famine and death. “”
The current Gaza War broke out after Hamas led a surprise terrorist attack against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people there and taking 251 other hostages, according to figures from the Israeli government. Since then, Israeli forces have killed more than 59,000 people in Gaza, according to data published by the Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas.
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