The Israeli army has killed dozens of people in Gaza while the famine crisis in the territory deepens in the middle of an international outcry, with more Palestinians dying of malnutrition.
Medical sources told Tel Aviv Tribune that Israeli attacks killed at least 71 people through Gaza on Saturday, including 42 desperately asking for help.
The Gaza Ministry of Health also said that hospitals had recorded five additional dead due to hunger caused by Israeli Enclave blocking, bearing the total number of malnutrition deaths since 127 since the war. The victims include 85 children.
With anger around the world by moving to the crisis, Israel announced late Saturday on Saturday that it would take a break from its attacks “in civil centers and in humanitarian corridors to allow the distribution of the supply of aid” on Sunday.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not specify which specific areas would see a “humanitarian break”.
The ministry also blamed the United Nations again for having omitted to distribute aid to Gaza, a complaint which was rejected both by the UN and the aid and multiple rights groups.
UN officials have said that this Israeli discussion point is false, stressing that they had not received the necessary permits to distribute help in the besieged enclave.
The `ardrops effect is’ equivalent to any ”
The Israeli army also said that it had made international aid paratroopers on Gaza. The United Arab Emirates, who have close economic and diplomatic ties with Israel, also said that he would begin to extinguish aid to Gaza “immediately”.
But humanitarian experts have warned since last year that paratroopers are dangerous for people in the field and cannot replace safe terrestrial routes to distribute medical foods and supplies.
Earlier on Saturday, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, described Airdrops as an expensive and ineffective “distraction” which “would not inverting in -depth famine”.
Lazzarini called on Israel to “lift the seat, to open the doors (and) guarantee safe movements (and) worthy access to people in need”.
Reporting from Gaza City, Hani Mahmoud of Tel Aviv Tribune raised questions about the newly announced Israeli steps.
He said that the effect of the Airdrops is “equivalent to any”.
“We are talking about only seven aid pallets filled with flour and other basic necessities. It is almost the load of a truck, or half a truck, coming from level passages in the Gaza Strip,” said Mahmoud.
He quoted witnesses who said that the Airdrops had taken place near a restricted military zone in the north of Gaza, which makes recovery in the obscurity particularly difficult.
Likewise, the Israel plan to allow so-called “humanitarian breaks” in Gaza from Sunday will have no major effect on the famine crisis, said Mahmoud.
“Once again, this is not a solution when we talk about the tipping point of this forced famine, and according to medical sources to whom we talked earlier in the day, they confirmed that at this stage, we will see the famine mortality on a large scale,” he said.
As famine spreads, Israel continued with its daily bombardment of Gaza.
At least six people were killed in an Israeli drone attack on a tent camp in Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis on Saturday. The area designated as a safe area by Israel underwent a constant deadly attack by its strength.
Meanwhile, the Civil Defense Agency in Gaza claims that none of its vehicles will soon be able to offer rescue services due to distress and a lack of fuel, calling on the international community to act.
“We underline the need for urgent intervention to put pressure on the Israeli authorities of the occupation to allow the fuel and the repair of the parts so that the vehicles enter,” the civil defense said in a press release.
Although some Western countries have made strongly corrected statements against Israel’s policies in Gaza, the defenders called for real consequences to ensure responsibility and dissuade Israeli abuses. Punitive sanctions against Israel have been raised as possibilities.
Handala ship intercepted
Shortly after the announcement of its Airdrops, the Israeli army made a descent into a ship of international activists carrying preparations for babies, food and medical supplies in Gaza.
A livestream has shown that Israeli soldiers would embark and intercept the Handala ship with 19 activists on board. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which organized the aid vessel, said that the ship had been violently seized in international waters.
“The non -armed boat was carrying rescue supplies when it was embarked by Israeli forces, its abducted passengers and its cargo has seized,” the coalition said in a press release. “Interception occurred in international waters outside of Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.”
#handala was intercepted by Israeli occupation forces pic.twitter.com/0mw1gzunyi
– Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@gazafflotilla) July 26, 2025
It is not clear what will happen to defenders. Last month, Israel intercepted Madleen’s help ship and towed it on an Israeli boat before holding the activists, then questioning and expelling them.
Ann Wright, member of the Flotilla Freedom steering committee, called for the protection of international activists by their country of origin.
“Protect innocent international people who simply accompany a small – medical and food aid – as a symbol of international indignation in the face of what Israel does,” Wright told Tel Aviv Tribune.
The Gaza Government’s media office has described Handala’s interception a hacking crime.
“This blatant aggression represents a major violation of international law and maritime navigation rules, and it shows once again that the occupation (Israeli) acts as a tyrant outside the authority of law,” the office said in a statement.