Efforts to secure Gaza ceasefire deal continue: Egypt’s top diplomat
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said Cairo is continuing efforts to put pressure for securing a ceasefire deal in the middle of “Israeli intransigence”.
During a news conference in the northern Egyptian town of el-Alamein with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Abdelatty said “tireless” efforts between the two countries, in coordination with the US, were ongoing “to stop the genocide in Gaza and reach a deal”.
“We are working to stop the famine and systematic starvation campaign taking place in the Gaza Strip, and to use starvation as a weapon and collective punishment,” Abdelatty said.
“The displacement of the Palestinian people is completely unacceptable under any pretext or name,” he added.
Qatar’s foreign minister calls on international community to stop ‘shameful’ famine in Gaza
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says the international community “must assume its responsibilities to stop the famine and war in Gaza”.
During a media conference with the Egyptian foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, Al Thani said the situation in Gaza was “shameful”.
“We don’t see any action from the international community,” he said.
Israel announces construction of two new aid sites in southern Gaza
The Israeli army says in a statement that the centres are to be completed “in the coming days”. The two aid distribution sites will replace one in Tal as-Sultan, meaning that the Israel- and US-backed GHF would operate a total of five aid sites in Gaza, it said.
The change is being made “with the aim of improving the response and the safety of distribution”, the military said.
Since the GHF began giving out aid in late May, at least 2,180 aid seekers have been shot dead and more than 16,046 wounded at or near its distribution sites.
The GHF system of aid distribution replaced one led by the UN with hundreds of sites around Gaza.
WFP chief says Gaza at ‘breaking point’
Cindy McCain, head of the UN’s World Food Programme, says families in Gaza are starving, but that her organisation is able to “deliver at scale”.
“Gaza is at a breaking point. I’ve just seen it myself,” she said in a post on X. “We must revive our network of 200-plus food distribution points, community kitchens and bakeries ASAP.”
#Gaza is at a breaking point. I've just seen it myself.
@WFP operates in conflict zones all over the world. Families in Gaza are starving—and we know how to deliver at scale.
We must revive our network of 200+ food distribution points, community kitchens & bakeries ASAP.
— Cindy McCain (@WFPChief) August 28, 2025
