Gaza's Health Ministry says over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 21-month Israel-Hamas war. Israeli strikes overnight killed more than two dozen people, mostly women and children, health officials said. Israel’s offensive, launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced around 90% of the population and fueled a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Experts warned Tuesday that the territory of some 2 million Palestinians is on the brink of famine, as Israeli restrictions and a breakdown of security have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 60,000. The world’s leading authority on food crises says the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the territory of over 2 million people. And the United Nations says far too little food and other aid is entering the enclave. Meanwhile, most of Tuesday’s dead in Gaza were gunned down seeking aid. Pressure grows on Israel’s closest ally, the United States, to act as Americans’ support for Israeli military action declines sharply. Here’s the latest.

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Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)