The Israeli navy started a restricted pause in combating in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day as a part of a sequence of steps that it says would give the United Nations and different assist businesses safe land routes to deal with a deepening starvation disaster.
The Israel Protection Forces mentioned it could start a “tactical pause” in Gaza Metropolis, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi, three areas of the territory with massive populations, to “increase the scale of humanitarian aid” coming into the Gaza Strip. It mentioned the pause would start every single day at 10 a.m. native time, efficient Sunday, and proceed till additional discover.
“Whichever path we choose, we will have to continue to allow the entry of minimal humanitarian supplies,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned in an announcement.
The navy early Sunday carried out assist airdrops into Gaza, which included packages of assist with flour, sugar and canned meals, “as part of the ongoing efforts to allow and facilitate the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip,” the IDF posted on Telegram.
Palestinians crowd at a lentil soup distribution level in Gaza Metropolis within the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025.
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Meals consultants have warned for months of the danger of famine in Gaza, the place Israel has restricted assist as a result of it says Hamas siphons off items to assist bolster its rule, with out offering proof for that declare. Pictures rising from Gaza in latest days of emaciated kids have fanned world criticism of Israel, together with from shut allies, who’ve known as for an finish to the battle and the humanitarian disaster it has spawned.
“What’s happening in Gaza right now is appalling. Gaza is now in the brink of a full catastrophe, and we’ve been working out, over the months, to try and relief (sic) the sufferings of the Palestinian people,” French International Minister Jean‑Noël Barrot mentioned Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
The United Nations’ meals company welcomed the steps to ease assist restrictions, however mentioned a broader ceasefire was wanted to make sure items reached everybody in want in Gaza.
“Welcome announcement of humanitarian pauses in Gaza to allow our aid through,” U.N. assist chief Tom Fletcher mentioned on X. “In contact with our teams on the ground who will do all we can to reach as many starving people as we can in this window.”
The Hamas-run Well being Ministry in Gaza mentioned on Sunday that hospitals recorded six new deaths as a consequence of malnutrition prior to now 24 hours, together with two kids. The group mentioned a minimum of 133 folks, together with 87 kids, have died from malnutrition within the Gaza Strip.
Volunteers put together lentil soup to be distributed in Gaza Metropolis within the northern Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025.
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Israel mentioned the brand new measures had been happening whereas it continues its offensive in opposition to Hamas in different areas. Forward of the pause, Palestinian well being officers in Gaza mentioned a minimum of 27 Palestinians had been killed in separate assaults.
“This (humanitarian) truce will mean nothing if it doesn’t turn into a real opportunity to save lives,” mentioned Dr. Muneer al-Boursh, director normal of Gaza’s Hamas-run Well being Ministry, who known as for a flood of medical provides and different items to assist deal with little one malnutrition. “Every delay is measured by another funeral.”
Worldwide assist envoys headed to Gaza
Vans loaded with assist from Egypt and Jordan are headed for Gaza amid Israel’s “tactical pause.” The Egyptian Purple Crescent dispatched greater than 100 vehicles carrying over 1,200 tons of meals provides, together with 840 tons of flour and 450 tons of varied meals baskets, towards the Kerem Shalom crossing.
Photographers in Gaza captured the primary photos of vehicles carrying assist coming into the Gaza Strip by means of the Rafah border crossing in Rafah, Egypt.
Vans transporting humanitarian assist enter Gaza by means of the Rafah Border Crossing from Egypt on July 27, 2025 in Rafah, Gaza.
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Jordan’s safety company posted a video on social media purportedly displaying a line of aid-loaded vehicles shifting towards Gaza.
“We actually have 52 tons of humanitarian help stuck in El-Arish in Egypt, a few kilometers away from Gaza,” Barrot mentioned Sunday. “So we’re exploring all options to seize the opportunity offered by the Israeli government by opening the skies of Gaza, but we call for immediate, unhindered, and massive access by all means of humanitarian help to those who need it most.”
The UN’s World Meals Program mentioned it welcomes Israel’s transfer and that it has sufficient meals to feed your entire inhabitants of two.1 million Palestinians in Gaza for almost three months. In an announcement, it mentioned {that a} third of Gaza’s inhabitants weren’t consuming for days and almost half one million had been enduring famine-like situations.
It mentioned it hopes that Israel’s assurances for safe corridors will “allow for a surge in urgently needed food assistance to reach hungry people without further delays.” Nonetheless, the WFP reiterated {that a} 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.”
Israel’s resolution to order a localized pause in combating got here days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas gave the impression to be doubtful. On Friday, Israel and the U.S. recalled their negotiating groups, blaming Hamas, and Israel mentioned it was contemplating “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with the militant group.
Israel says it’s ready to finish the battle if Hamas surrenders, disarms and goes into exile, one thing the group has refused to conform to.
Palestinians collect at assist distribution factors, forming massive crowds as they rush to gather bins and sacks of provides as vehicles transporting humanitarian assist enter Gaza from the Zikim space.
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Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Merdawi mentioned that Israel’s change of tack on the humanitarian disaster amounted to an acknowledgement that there have been ravenous Palestinians in Gaza and that the transfer was meant to enhance its worldwide standing and never save lives.
He mentioned that Israel “will not escape punishment and will inevitably pay the price for these criminal practices.”
A minimum of 27 Palestinians killed in newest strikes, well being officers say
The Awda Hospital in Nuseirat mentioned Israeli forces killed a minimum of 11 folks and wounded 101 as they had been headed towards a Gaza Humanitarian Basis assist distribution website in central Gaza. GHF, which denies involvement in any of the violence close to its websites, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The navy mentioned it was trying into the report.
Elsewhere, a strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced household within the Asdaa space, northwest of the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, killing a minimum of 9 folks, in keeping with Nasser Hospital. The useless included a father and his two kids, and one other father and his son, the hospital mentioned.
A Palestinian girl carries a meals parcel as folks return to the Nuseirat refugee camp from a US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis distribution level close to the Netsarim hall within the central Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2025.
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In Gaza Metropolis, a strike hit an condominium late Saturday within the metropolis’s western aspect, killing 4 folks, together with two girls, mentioned the Well being Ministry’s ambulance and emergency service. In Deir-al-Balah early Sunday, a strike on a tent close to a desalination plant killed a pair and one other girl, in keeping with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital.
The Israeli navy had no fast touch upon the strikes. Nonetheless, it often blames Hamas for civilian casualties, saying the Palestinian militant group operates in populated areas.
The navy introduced Sunday that one other two troopers had been killed in Gaza, bringing the entire variety of troopers killed since Oct. 7, 2023, to 898.
The battle started with Hamas’ October 2023 assault on southern Israel, when militants killed 1,200 folks, principally civilians, and took 251 hostages. Hamas nonetheless holds 50 hostages, greater than half of them believed to be useless.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed greater than 59,700 Palestinians, in keeping with Gaza’s Hamas-run Well being Ministry.
The Israeli navy has intercepted a Gaza-bound assist ship looking for to interrupt the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory, detaining 21 worldwide activists and journalists and seizing all cargo, together with child formulation, meals and drugs, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition mentioned Sunday.
The coalition that operates the vessel Handala mentioned the Israeli navy “violently intercepted” the ship in worldwide waters about 40 nautical miles from Gaza, chopping the cameras and communication, simply earlier than midnight Saturday.
The Handala vessel taking the ocean after a press level, the vessel ‘Handala’ of Freedom Flotilla Coalition departed from Gallipoli Port, in Italy, on 20 July 2025.
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“All cargo was non-military, civilian and intended for direct distribution to a population facing deliberate starvation and medical collapse under Israel’s illegal blockade,” the group mentioned in an announcement.
The Israeli navy had no fast remark. Israel’s International Ministry posted on X early Sunday that the Navy stopped the vessel and was bringing it to shore.
It was the second ship operated by the coalition that Israel has prevented in latest months from delivering assist to Gaza, the place meals consultants have for months warned of the danger of famine. Activist Greta Thunberg was amongst 12 activists on board the ship Madleen when the Israeli navy seized it in June.
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