Overview

• The Israeli military has ordered the forcible evacuation of the entire southern Gaza Strip, warning of an imminent “attack without precedent.”
• Over 54,000 Palestinians have died since October 2023, with recent strikes on a Gaza City school shelter killing more than 30 displaced civilians.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s first distributions in Rafah supplied roughly 8,000 food boxes but were disrupted by crowds breaching perimeters, prompting Israeli warning shots.
• United Nations and aid groups condemned the U.S.-backed foundation for compromising neutrality and independence, a critique that prompted the resignation of its director, Jake Wood.
• Humanitarian organizations warn of severe shortages of food, water and medicine across Gaza as displacement exceeds 600,000 since mid-March.