Closing summary
The Guardian’s live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East is coming to a close. Here’s a round-up of today’s key events:
The Israeli military said it had beun a “tactical pause” in the densely populated areas of Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi to “increase the scale of humanitarian aid” into the Gaza strip. The pause would be repeated every day from 10am to 8pm local time until further notice and Israel would continue fighting in other areas of Gaza.
Jordan and the UAE have reportedly carried out air drops into Gaza but Oxfam said the amount of food being allowed to trickle into the devastated territory is totally inadequate for the population’s need. Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam policy lead for the Occupied Palestinian territory, said: “What’s needed is the immediate opening of all crossings for full, unhindered, and safe aid delivery across all of Gaza and a permanent ceasefire. Anything less risks being little more than a tactical gesture.”
Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July, the World Health Organization said. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July –including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults, the organisation said.
British foreign secretary David Lammy said Israel’s decision to pause military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors falls short of what is needed to alleviate suffering in the territory. Lammy said in a statement that Israel’s announcement was “essential but long overdue”, and that access to aid must now be urgently accelerated over the coming hours and days.
UK prime minister Keir Starmer will recall his cabinet from their summer break to discuss the situation in Gaza, amid growing pressure on the Labour government to recognise a Palestinian state. The recall comes after Starmer said on Friday the British government would recognise a Palestinian state only as part of a negotiated peace deal, disappointing many in his Labour Party who want him to follow France in taking swifter action.
US president Donald Trump said on Sunday Israel would have to make a decision on its next steps in Gaza, adding that he did not know what would happen after moves by Israel to pull out of ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations with Hamas. Speaking at a press conference, Trump was asked whether Israel should be doing more to get food into Gaza. He replied: “You know, we gave $60m two weeks ago – and no one even acknowledged it – for food. And, it’s terrible. You really at least want somebody to at least say thank you.”
You can read our full report on Israel’s decision to begin daily pauses in its military action in Gaza – and Palestinians’ reactions to that decision – here.
Here are some more of Donald Trump’s comments from that press conference:
Trump said he had met with some families of Israeli hostages still trapped in Gaza. On the return of the hostages, he said: “When you get it down to a certain number, you’re not going to be able to make a deal with Hamas, because once they give them up, then they feel that that’s going to be the end of them.
“And what I said is exactly true. You know, they had a routine discussion the other day and all of a sudden they hardened up. They don’t want to give. them back. And so Israel is going to have to make a decision. I know what I’d do, but I don’t think it’s appropriate that I say, but Israel is going to have to make a decision.”
On the images of starving children in Gaza, Trump said: “Well, it’s terrible. You know, when I see the children and when I see, especially over the last couple of weeks, and people are stealing the food, they’re stealing the money, they’re stealing weapons. They’re stealing everything. It’s a mess. That whole place is a mess.”
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Donald Trump: 'We gave $60m aid to Gaza and no one said thank you'
Speaking at a press conference alongside European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ahead of their meeting in Scotland over a US-EU trade deal, Donald Trump was asked whether Israel should be doing more to get food into Gaza.
He replied: “You know, we gave $60m two weeks ago – and no one even acknowledged it – for food. And, it’s terrible. You really at least want somebody to at least say thank you.
No other country gave anything. We gave $60m two weeks ago for food for Gaza and nobody acknowledged it, nobody talks about it. And it makes you feel a little bad when you do that and you have other countries not giving anything.”
The comments echo US vice president JD Vance’s chiding of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in front of news cameras in February, when he asked Zelensky “have you said thank you once?” for US military aid.
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Keir Starmer to recall cabinet over Gaza
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will recall his cabinet from their summer break to discuss the situation in Gaza, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, amid growing pressure on the Labour government to recognise a Palestinian state, Reuters reports.
The FT said the move to recall his cabinet of ministers next week was set out on Sunday by Downing Street. The UK parliament and cabinet are currently in a summer recess until 1 September.
The recall comes after Starmer said on Friday the British government would recognise a Palestinian state only as part of a negotiated peace deal, disappointing many in his Labour Party who want him to follow France in taking swifter action.
French president Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France would recognise a Palestinian state, a plan that drew strong condemnation from Israel and the US after similar moves from Spain, Norway and Ireland last year.
Starmer’s approach to the issue has been complicated by the arrival in Scotland on Friday of Donald Trump, with whom he has built warm relations. In foreign policy terms, the UK has rarely diverged from the US.
Starmer’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from the news agency.
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World Health Organization says malnutrition in Gaza on 'dangerous trajectory'
Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July, the World Health Organization has said in a statement posted on social media.
Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July –including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults. Most of these people were declared dead on arrival at health facilities or died shortly after, their bodies showing clear signs of severe wasting.
The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives.
Nearly one in five children under five in #Gaza City is now acutely malnourished, as reported by Nutrition Cluster partners. Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM), which measures the percentage of children aged 6–59 months suffering from acute malnutrition, has tripled since June, making it the worst-hit area in the Gaza Strip. In Khan Younis and the Middle Area, rates have doubled in less than one month.
These figures are likely an underestimation due to the severe access and security constraints preventing many families from reaching health facilities …
WHO calls for urgent, sustained efforts to flood the Gaza Strip with diverse, nutritious food and to expedite the delivery of therapeutic supplies for children and vulnerable groups, as well as essential medicines and supplies. This flow must remain consistent and unhindered to support recovery and prevent further deterioration. WHO reiterates its call for the protection of civilians and health. WHO also calls for the release of our detained colleague, the release of hostages, and for an immediate #ceasefire.
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Donald Trump says Israel will have to 'make a decision' on next steps in Gaza
US president Donald Trump said on Sunday Israel would have to make a decision on its next steps in Gaza, adding that he did not know what would happen after moves by Israel to pull out of ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations with Hamas, Reuters reports.
Trump underscored the importance to Israel of securing the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, saying they had suddenly “hardened” up on the issue.
“They don’t want to give them back, and so Israel is going to have to make a decision,” Trump told reporters at the start of a meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at his golf property in Turnberry, Scotland.
Syria is expected to hold its first parliamentary election under the new administration in September, the head of the electoral process told state news agency SANA, Reuters reports.
Voting for the People’s Assembly is expected to take place from 15-20 September, added the official, Mohamed Taha.
Ahmed al-Sharaa has led Syria since the fall of the Assad regime late last year. Sharaa had previously said it could take up to four years for election to be held.
As reported earlier, Israeli forces seized the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala in international waters and detained the crew late on Saturday. The boat was then taken into the port of Ashdod early on Sunday, AFP reports.
The legal rights centre Adalah told AFP its lawyers were in Ashdod and had been allowed to speak to 19 members of the 21-strong international crew, which included two French parliamentarians and two Al Jazeera journalists.
The remaining two of those detained were dual US and Israeli citizens and had been transferred to police custody, Adalah said.
“After 12 hours at sea, following the unlawful interception of the Handala, Israeli authorities confirmed the vessel’s arrival at Ashdod port,” said the group, set up to campaign for the rights of Israel’s Arab population.
“Adalah reiterates that the activists aboard the Handala were part of a peaceful civilian mission to break through Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza. The vessel was intercepted in international waters and their detention constitutes a clear violation of international law.”
Earlier, the Israeli foreign ministry said the navy stopped the Handala to prevent it from entering the coastal waters off the territory of Gaza.
British foreign secretary David Lammy has said Israel’s decision to pause military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors falls short of what is needed to alleviate suffering in the territory.
Lammy said in a statement that Israel’s announcement was “essential but long overdue”, and that access to aid must now be urgently accelerated over the coming hours and days.
“This announcement alone cannot alleviate the needs of those desperately suffering in Gaza,” Lammy said. “We need a ceasefire that can end the war, for hostages to be released and aid to enter Gaza by land unhindered.”
Summary of events so far...
The Israeli military said it had began a “tactical pause” in the densely populated areas of Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi to “increase the scale of humanitarian aid” into the Gaza strip.
The pause would be repeated every day from 10am to 8pm local time until further notice and Israel would continue fighting in other areas of Gaza.
The Israeli military said designated secure routes for convoys delivering food and medicine will also be in place between 6am and 11pm starting from Sunday.
UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said staff would step up efforts to feed the hungry during the pauses in the designated areas.
Jordan and the UAE have reportedly carried out air drops into Gaza but Oxfam said the amount of food being allowed to trickle into the devastated territory is totally inadequate for the population’s need.
Israel’s pause in military action in parts of Gaza and the creation of humanitarian corridors has been cautiously welcomed by the UN but fuller access has been urged as calls for a permanent ceasefire were reiterated.
The UN’s food aid programme has warned that almost one in three people in the Gaza Strip are going for days without eating.
There is a starvation crisis and widespread malnutrition in Gaza caused by the restriction of aid into the territory by Israel.
At least 133 people, including 87 children, have died from malnutrition since Israel’s war on Gaza began in 2023, the territory’s health ministry said.
You can read our latest report on Israel’s war in Gaza here.
UN human rights chief says governments that don't use their leverage to pressure Israel to end war may be 'complicit in international crimes'
In a video statement released ahead of a conference on Palestine opening in New York tomorrow, the UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, has urged governments around the world to pressure Israel to end its assault on Gaza – and said those that don’t use their “leverage” may be complicit in “international crimes”. Here is what he said in full:
I urge immediate steps by Israel to end its unlawful continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, and for all parties to work for tangible progress towards a two state solution.
I urge governments to use the opportunity of this conference for concrete action that puts all possible pressure on the Israeli government to end the carnage in Gaza permanently.
Countries that fail to use their leverage may be complicit in international crimes. Every day we are watching the unspeakable tragedy in Gaza and the West Bank with horror and frustration.
Every day we see more destruction, more killings and the further dehumanisation of Palestinians.
The people of the world will judge this conference on what it delivers. I call again for an immediate, permanent ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and all others arbitrarily detained, immediate and unhindered humanitarian access, and the delivery of massive humanitarian aid to Palestinians wherever they are.
Deadly airdrops and a trickle of trucks won't undo months of 'engineered starvation' in Gaza, Oxfam says
Oxfam has said the airdrops into Gaza are wholly inadequate for the population’s needs and has called for the immediate opening of all crossings for full humanitarian access into the territory devasted by relentless Israeli bombardments and a partial aid blockade.
Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam policy lead for the Occupied Palestinian territory, said:
Deadly airdrops and a trickle of trucks won’t undo months of engineered starvation in Gaza.
What’s needed is the immediate opening of all crossings for full, unhindered, and safe aid delivery across all of Gaza and a permanent ceasefire. Anything less risks being little more than a tactical gesture.
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In a post on X published after his phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, Friedrich Merz added:
We will closely monitor developments and, in coordination with France, the UK, other European partners, the United States, and Arab states, decide in the coming days how we can contribute to improving the situation.
German chancellor calls on Netanyahu to provide aid to Gaza’s 'starving' civilians
Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has called on his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to quickly provide aid to “starving” civilians in Gaza.
In a phone call between the two leaders, Merz “expressed his deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza,” according to a government statement.
The statement added:
He called on Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu to do everything in his power to achieve an immediate ceasefire. He urged him to provide the starving civilian population in Gaza with urgently needed humanitarian aid now.
This aid must reach the civilian population quickly, safely, and in the required quantities.
Merz, who leads Germany’s centre-right CDU, has been increasingly critical of Israel. But Germany was notably absent from the joint statement issued on Monday by the EU and 28 western countries including Britain and France, which called on Israel to immediately end its assault.
Germany is one of Europe’s most pro-Israel countries, and its leaders, due to the legacy of the Nazi holocaust, consider Israel’s security to be a Staatsräson, or “reason of state”.
Since the Hamas-led 7 October attack on southern Israel in 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, Germany has remained one of Israel’s staunchest allies and its second largest arms supplier behind the US.
Here is another picture of an airdrop that has just been sent over the newswires:
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Jordan and UAE begin air drops into Gaza
Here is a photo of humanitarian aid being airdropped into Gaza (the UAE and Jordan have reportedly begun a fresh round of air drops over the territory):
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World Food Programme says it hopes Israeli pause in parts of Gaza Strip will allow food to enter region
The World Food Programme hopes that an Israeli humanitarian pause in designated areas of the Gaza Strip will allow for a surge in urgently needed food aid to the region, it said on Sunday.
The United Nations agency has enough food in or on its way to the region to feed the entire Gaza population of 2.1 million people for almost three months, it said in a post on X.
Turkish president welcomes move by French president to recognise Palestinian statehood
Turkey’s president on Sunday welcomed a move by his French counterpart to recognise Palestinian statehood, in a phone call between the two leaders, the Turkish presidency said.
“During a telephone conversation, president Erdoğan congratulated French president Macron on his decision to recognise Palestine as a state,” it said in a statement.
“A two-state solution is essential for a durable peace in the region,” Erdoğan said.
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The Egyptian Red Crescent said it was sending on Sunday more than 100 trucks carrying over 1,200 metric tons of food aid to southern Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing.
“It is worth noting that the Egyptian Red Crescent has been present on the border since the beginning of the crisis, as the Rafah crossing has not been completely closed on the Egyptian side. It has continued its preparedness and efforts to facilitate the entry of aid, with the help of 35,000 volunteers from the association,” the Egyptian Red Crescent wrote in a Facebook post.
Why is the ICJ delaying the Gaza genocide verdict?
South Africa went to the international court of justice (ICJ) in December 2023 to accuse Israel of genocide over its conduct during its war in Gaza.
Israel rejects South Africa’s claim and accuses it of providing political cover for Hamas.
The proceedings are ongoing and my colleague Julien Borger explains in this analysis piece why it is likely for the world’s top court to take years to reach a conclusion despite the horrors of the Israeli assault being in plain view. Here is an extract:
Israel was originally due to present its rebuttal to the genocide charge brought by South Africa on Monday, but the court has granted its lawyers a six-month extension. The panel of 17 judges accepted Israel’s argument that it needed more than the nine months allotted to prepare its case, because they claimed “evidentiary issues” in South Africa’s presentation meant “the scope of the case remained unclear”.
The South African legal team countered that none of the arguments given by Israeli lawyers were a legitimate reason for delay, and dragging out the case was unjustifiable in view of the humanitarian emergency in Gaza. But the court sided with Israel, which now has until next January to present its case.
“I think [the ICJ is] being really cautious here because of the political climate,” said Juliette McIntyre, a senior lecturer in law at the University of South Australia. “They don’t want to be accused of just running roughshod over Israel’s procedural rights and finding that it’s committed genocide without fully giving them an opportunity to respond.”
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Gaza health ministry says six more people have died of malnutrition, bringing total to 133
In an update posted to Telegram this morning, Gaza’s health ministry said hospitals in the Strip recorded six new deaths in the past 24 hours due to famine and malnutrition, including two children “exhausted by hunger”.
This brings the total number of deaths due to malnutrition to 133, including 87 children, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which is increasingly being described as a genocide against the territory’s civilian population.
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The UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, has written this in a post on X:
Welcome announcement of humanitarian pauses in Gaza to allow our aid through.
In contact with our teams on the ground who will do all we can to reach as many starving people as we can in this window.
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As a reminder, the Israeli military said earlier that it had dropped seven packages of aid into Gaza and has said it will allow some aid to enter the Strip via “humanitarian corridors”. Countries in the region – including UAE, Jordan and Egypt - are reportedly in the process of delivering aid to the territory.
According to the BBC, which is quoting a UAE official, another aid air drop will take place between 12:00 local time (10:00 BST) and 14:00 local time (12:00 BST) in northern Gaza.
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At least 13 Palestinians, including two children, have been killed this morning after Israeli forces opened fire on people waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza, medical sources have told Wafa, the Palestinian news agency.
Wafa reports that six civilians were killed near an aid distribution centre to the southwest of Khan Younis, six more Palestinians were killed near an aid distribution center on the outskirts of Rafah and one other person was killed in a similar attack in central Gaza. We have not yet been able to indepdnently verifiy this information.
'My life’s wish is to eat a loaf of bread,' Palestinian woman says amid widespread starvation
In the Tel al-Hawa district of Gaza City, 30-year-old Suad Ishtaywi said she hoped aid trucks would now be able to reach her family’s tent encampment.
“My life’s wish has become to eat a loaf of bread and to be able to provide bread for my children to eat,” she told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.
Ishtaywi says her husband comes back daily from fruitless trips to aid distribution points.
Also in Gaza City, 44-year-old Mohammed al-Daduh, said: “We hope the aid comes in today, because hunger is killing us day by day. Egypt said it would send aid, but we don’t know if Israel will allow it in.”
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Jordan’s security agency has posted a video on X apparently showing some aid-loaded trucks moving along a road towards Gaza.
“Happening now, huge Jordanian relief convoys are moving towards Gaza,” the public security directorate wrote on X.
As we mentioned in an earlier post, Egyptian state-linked media reported this morning that aid trucks had begun entering the Gaza Strip as Israel announced a “tactical pause” in parts of the devastated territory to allow deliveries.
The pause – which could last hours, or days - comes amid mounting international pressure over the starvation and widespread malnutrition in Gaza caused by the restriction of aid into the territory by Israel.
There was also growing condemnation of the number of desperate Palestinian people being killed near aid distribution points while waiting to collect the tiny amount of food that has been allowed into Gaza.
The UN said on Tuesday that Israeli forces had killed more than 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations in late May – in effect sidelining the existing UN-led system.
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More than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are living through a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and the entire population is at risk of famine, according to food security experts.
Israel imposed a total aid blockade for 11 weeks starting in March (ostensibly to put pressure on Hamas to release hostages), and the trickle of food, fuel and medical supplies allowed in since May has not relieved extreme hunger.
Israel has been widely accused of using food as a political weapon and of flagrantly breaking international law by collectively punishing the civilian population by its aid blockade.
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Egyptian aid trucks entering Gaza, state-linked media says
Egyptian state-linked media on Sunday reported that aid trucks had begun entering the Gaza Strip as Israel announced a “tactical pause” in parts of the devastated territory to allow deliveries.
“Egyptian aid trucks begin to enter the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing,” Al-Qahera News posted on X, alongside footage of aid convoys moving in the border area.
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Will Israel’s shift on aid be enough to ease hunger?
In a statement, the Israeli army said it coordinated its decisions with the UN and international organisations to “increase the scale of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip”.
There was no immediate official response from the UN or non-governmental aid agencies operating in Gaza.
Humanitarian chiefs are deeply sceptical that air drops can deliver enough food safely to tackle the deepening hunger crisis facing Gaza’s more than two million inhabitants.
But the British prime minister Keir Starmer backed the idea, vowing to work with Jordan to restart air drops. The United Arab Emirates said it would resume air drops “immediately”.
A number of Western and Arab governments carried out air drops in Gaza in 2024, when aid deliveries by land also faced Israeli restrictions, but many in the humanitarian community consider them ineffective.
“Air drops will not reverse the deepening starvation,” said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. “They are expensive, inefficient and can even kill starving civilians.”
Israel’s military insists it does not limit the number of trucks going into Gaza, and alleges that UN agencies and relief groups are not collecting aid once it is inside the territory.
But humanitarian organisations accuse the army of imposing excessive restrictions, while tightly controlling road access within Gaza.
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Australian prime minister accuses Israel of ‘clearly’ breaching international law
The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese says, has accused Israel of a breach of international law in blocking aid into Gaza, saying “you can’t hold innocent people responsible” for the actions of Hamas, and warning that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is “losing support” internationally.
“Quite clearly it is a breach of international law to stop food being delivered which was a decision that Israel made in March,” Albanese told the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday.
But Albanese says Australia has no plans to imminently recognise a Palestinian state, Anthony Albanese says, cautioning further steps must be met for a two-state solution despite growing pressure inside his Labor party for the government to follow through on its long-held commitment.
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Israel military says it carried out an aid airdrop in Gaza
The Israeli military also said Sunday that it had carried out aid airdrops into Gaza, which included packages of aid with flour, sugar and canned food.
Food experts have warned for months of the risk of famine in Gaza, where Israel has restricted aid because it says Hamas siphons off goods to help bolster its rule.
Images emerging from Gaza in recent days of emaciated children have fanned global criticism of Israel, including by close allies, who have called for an end to the war and the humanitarian catastrophe it has spawned.
On Telegram, the Israeli military announced it “carried out an airdrop of humanitarian aid as part of the ongoing efforts to allow and facilitate the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip”.
The military said these humanitarian steps were being allowed alongside its offensive against Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza.
Israel has faced growing international condemnation over the deepening hunger crisis in Gaza, after imposing a total blockade on Gaza on 2 March. In late May, it began allowing a small trickle of aid to resume.
The decision to loosen the flow of aid came as the Palestinian civil defence agency said more than 50 more Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes and shootings, some as they waited near aid distribution centres.
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Israel intercepts boat carrying activists trying to deliver aid to Gaza
A boat carrying activists and journalists has been intercepted by Israeli troops while attempting to transport aid to Gaza on Saturday, with a pro-Palestinian group claiming the crew have been subjected to “unlawful” detention.
The Handala, led by the activist group the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was roughly 50km from the Egyptian coast and 100km west of Gaza when intercepted, an online tracking tool set up to plot the ship’s course showed.
In a post on X, the Israeli foreign ministry said its navy had stopped the boat from “illegally entering the maritime zone of the coast of Gaza”.
“The vessel is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. All passengers are safe,” the post read. “Unauthorized attempts to breach the blockade are dangerous, unlawful, and undermine ongoing humanitarian efforts.”
Two Australians including journalist Tania “Tan” Safi and human rights activist Robert Martin were among 21 activists on board the ship, the group said in a statement, as well as two Al Jazeera reporters and French politicians Emma Fourreau and Gabrielle Cathala.
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Israel military announces 'tactical pause' in three areas of Gaza
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Middle East crisis.
The Israeli military says it will begin a “tactical pause” in fighting in three areas of Gaza as part of steps to address a worsening humanitarian situation.
The military said it would halt activity in Muwasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City from 10am to 8pm local time every day until further notice, beginning on Sunday.
The military said it was not operating in those areas but there had been fighting and strikes in each in recent weeks. In a statement, the military said it would also designate secure routes to help aid agencies deliver food and other supplies to people across Gaza.
The announcement that the military would pause some fighting comes after months of experts’ warnings of famine amid Israeli restrictions on aid.
International criticism, including by close allies, has grown as many Palestinians have been killed in recent weeks while trying to reach food distribution sites.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has also announced that “designated humanitarian corridors” are being established for UN convoys to “refute the false claim on intentional starvation”.
We’ll bring you updates on this story and other Middle East news throughout the day.
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