Israel denies that it is responsible for hunger in Gaza. It called the countries’ statement “disconnected from reality” and blamed Hamas for undermining aid distribution and failing to agree to a ceasefire.

Palestinians in Arab towns across Israel staged protests Friday to denounce the starvation crisis and continued military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which they described as an act of genocide. Demonstrators rallied in Jaffa, Tira, Rahat, and the northern village of Kabul, banging empty pots and chanting against the war and the blockade on food.

Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.

People in Gaza are suffering man-made mass starvation due to a blockade, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said July 23.

It marks the latest setback in efforts to secure a deal that would bring a ceasefire to Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff accuses Palestinian group of showing ‘a lack of desire’ to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Palestinian militant group Hamas did not want to make a deal on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House one day after his Middle East peace envoy,