Much of Gaza is on the brink of famine as Israel continues to limit the amount of aid allowed into the besieged territory. At least 27 Palestinians have died of starvation, including 23 children.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera is reporting six Palestinians were killed in Gaza City when Israeli forces opened fire again on crowds waiting for food aid. Over 80 people were injured.
In other news from Gaza, Politico reports that the Biden administration has privately told Israel that the U.S. would support Israel attacking Rafah as long as it did not carry out a large-scale invasion.
Israel has announced it wants to transfer most of the over 1.4 million people seeking refuge in Rafah to what it called “humanitarian islands” in other parts of Gaza.
On Wednesday, one family in Rafah broke their Ramadan fast in the rubble of their destroyed home. Um Mahmoud Abu Rizek told reporters: “Last Ramadan was great, but this year it’s not. A lot of things are not there anymore — my sisters, my family. Our house was destroyed. There are still people under the rubble, and they are still not pulled out. This house was the children’s dream. Their toys and everything is lost.”
