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Israel increases food aid to Gaza amid outrage over growing reports of starvation

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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As international outrage over starvation in Gaza grows, Israel’s military on Sunday ordered a daily “tactical pause” in fighting in three areas of the territory until further notice. Israel and nearby nations also resumed airdrops of food, though aid organizations say it’s a dangerous practice. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Gerry Shih, Jerusalem bureau chief for The Washington Post, for the latest. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The other major story we're following tonight is in Gaza. A temporary pause in some fighting there,

0:06.2

as Israel and the world confront mass hunger inside the territory. The Israeli military ordered

0:12.0

a tactical pause in three places, Gaza City, Dior al-Bala, and Muwasi from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

0:19.4

every day until further notice. Israel and nearby nations

0:22.8

also resumed air drops of food, though aid organizations say that's a dangerous method.

0:28.6

All this comes amid growing international outrage over starvation and deteriorating conditions on the ground.

0:35.4

That includes areas in Gaza where Israel continues strikes.

0:39.3

Gaza health officials said at least 38 died in those attacks in the last day, including many seeking aid.

0:46.3

Jerry Shee is the Jerusalem bureau chief for the Washington Post.

0:50.3

Jerry, Israel has done a few things here in addition to that pause in some places, also trying to reopen and allow more space for these humanitarian aid organizations to get food to where it needs to go. Do we know if that is making a difference yet?

1:05.5

It's still early to say, Lisa, but I think that what we're hearing from UN officials is that they are optimistic,

1:13.5

that there will be a relaxation of the restrictions on UN agencies, including the World Food Program,

1:20.9

that many experts say are crucial to getting the amount of aid into Gaza.

1:25.2

Now, by many estimates, the population of two million people, they require

1:29.3

about 120 trucks a day, minimum, going in to feed everybody at a basic level. We know that

1:35.5

essentially for the last two months, less than half of that has been going in. So the situation

1:39.7

is extremely dire. Do we know if it could even be too late for some people, I'm sorry to ask,

1:45.1

there in Gaza? Yeah. So, so, you know, Israel says that it's been keeping close eyes and,

1:50.8

and calculating the number of calories that are going in every day. It's a grim sort of arithmetic.

1:56.4

But the fact is that, you know, we've basically seen 130 or so deaths, six just in the last 24 hours being reported by Gosen Health Authorities.

2:09.5

And this is one of these things that sort of, you know, for weeks now, we've seen kind of, you know, growing reports of hunger, starvation and famine, these are things that

2:18.3

kind of can kind of, you know, slowly begin to take root and then suddenly explode almost

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