Only 36 aid trucks entered Gaza on Saturday
Gaza’s Government Media office says only 36 aid trucks entered Gaza on Saturday, far below the 500 to 600 the UN estimates are needed to meet residents’ daily needs.
Most of the trucks were looted before their contents could be distributed, the office added, blaming Israel for “systematically and deliberately” enforcing the “security chaos”.
“Famine is ravaging Gaza’s children amid shameful international silence,” the office said in a statement, calling for the “immediate opening of the crossings and the entry of sufficient quantities of aid and baby formula”.
Palestinians dying of malnutrition as aid trucks yet to reach them
Despite the fact that Israel claimed a humanitarian pause and agreed to let more trucks and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, the reality on the ground is very different.
Palestinians do not see any difference.
It has been a couple of days, and a very limited number of trucks have been entering, Those trucks are not reaching anywhere, houses or distribution points.
Hot meal kitchens are also still not operating.
But every single day, Palestinians are dying due to malnutrition and starvation, and the latest case was Atef, a 17-year-old Palestinian.
Every single day, we are losing more people, not only from the continuous Israeli air attacks, but also from the forced starvation that is imposed on Palestinians in Gaza. In the markets, you rarely find food. Whatever is available is very, very expensive, and people are still forced to risk their lives to get whatever they can get.
Every single day, more Palestinians are being shot and killed near distribution sites run by the controversial GHF. Palestinians say that they do not have any choice left other than seeing their children die in front of their eyes or risking their lives, being shot or injured to secure a meal for them.
Ubayda al-Qara, who became paralyzed by Israeli attacks, also struggles with malnutrition and a skin condition in Khan Yunis, Gaza on July 28, 2025. The 10-year-old was severely injured during an Israeli army attack when he was struck by tank shell shrapnel while fleeing with his family during a forced displacement in Bani Suheila. Due to the blockade, he cannot travel abroad for medical treatment, and also suffers from malnutrition and skin diseases.
Israeli attacks kill 13 aid seekers across Gaza
At least four people were killed and several were wounded near an aid distribution centre on the Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip, a source at al-Awda Hospital told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Nine more people were killed in Israeli fire near aid centres north of Rafah in southern Gaza, sources from the ambulance and emergency department said.
Six more dead due to starvation and malnutrition in Gaza: Health Ministry
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported that hospitals in Gaza have recorded the deaths of six adults due to starvation and malnutrition over the past 24-hour reporting period.
The deaths bring the total number of those who have lost their lives due to starvation and malnutrition across the territory, since Israel’s war began, to 175, including 93 children.
