Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

27 July 2025 00:03 BST

Our live blog is now closed until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • The director of al-Shifa Hospital said hospitals in the Gaza Strip have documented the deaths of five Palestinians, including two children, from starvation in the past 24 hours. 

  • This brings the total number of people who have died in Gaza from malnutrition to 127, including 85 children.

  • The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported at least 57 people killed in the past day, with 512 wounded.

  • The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, has criticised the use of airdropped aid in Gaza, warning it risks killing civilians seeking relief.

  • Israeli troops stormed the Gaza-bound Handala vessel in international waters on Saturday, halting its attempt to deliver aid to Palestinians in the besieged enclave.

  • Two senior Israeli army officers have told The New York Times there is no evidence that Hamas looted UN humanitarian aid in Gaza, directly contradicting a key justification used by the Israeli government to block food deliveries for months to more than two million people.

  • Israel's close regional ally, the United Arab Emirates says it will resume airdropping aid into Gaza “immediately” as the humanitarian situation deteriorates further due to the ongoing Israel blockade.

  • The Israeli military claims that it will reopen “humanitarian corridors” for UN convoys in Gaza and restart aid airdrops, measures aimed at easing a crisis largely caused by its own blockade of the besieged enclave.