Amid escalating violence, the Israeli military issues new evacuation warnings in central Gaza, affecting aid distribution. Despite ongoing ceasefire talks, military activities persist, and humanitarian conditions worsen.

A humanitarian aid convoy of 25 trucks came under fire after crossing the Zikim border crossing into northern Gaza, where food insecurity is at its most extreme, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Sunday.

In northern Gaza, at least 67 people were killed near the Zikim crossing when an Israeli strike hit crowds gathering for aid. Another six people were killed near a separate distribution site in the south. The day before, 36 Palestinians were killed in similar circumstances.

The direct strike killed three people as confirmed by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem hours after the attack.

Israeli strikes have resulted in 31 deaths in Gaza as critical fuel shortages threaten essential services. Despite international talks, ceasefire efforts remain stagnant. UN agencies raise alarms over Gaza's dire fuel situation,

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III entered Gaza on Friday morning to express the “shared pastoral solicitude of the churches of the Holy Land”, according to a statement released by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Following a strike against the only Catholic Church in Gaza, which left at least two dead on July 17, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for an immediate ceasefire.