Facing growing international condemnation over Palestinians starving to death in Gaza, Israel’s military is making a series of moves that it says will allow more aid into the enclave. Follow for live updates.

The ministry's statement on Tuesday did not say how many were civilians or militants, but it has said women and children make up around half the dead.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

The United Nations has condemned airdrops on Gaza, amid the rapidly deteriorating starvation crisis as Israel continues to block aid into the territory. Hunger has reached catastrophic levels, and nearly half a million are now people facing famine-like conditions, as a third of the Gaza population are being forced to go without food.

Jordanian and Emirati planes have dropped another 52 pallets of food over the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Tuesday. Egyptian planes also took part in the airdrops for the first time since Sunday,

Defense Minister Israel Katz outlines his vision for the day after the war in Gaza: "The goal is to defeat Hamas; we need to be responsible for security in Gaza."

While meeting with UK PM Keir Starmer on July 28, President Donald Trump said that they were taking steps to take care of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza strip, and that they would set up food centers.

Friedrich Merz confirms that 2 German aircraft may begin airdropping humanitarian aid from Jordan into Gaza as early as Wednesday - Anadolu Ajansı