The United Nations Office for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories reported that the occupying forces committed a new massacre in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, killing 105 Palestinians and injuring more than 680 others during the days of July 30 and 31, in the areas of Zikim and Morag near Khan Younis. The office confirmed that the occupying forces continued to fire and bombard Palestinians gathered around aid convoys, despite the occupying army announcing a temporary halt to military operations in western Gaza during specified hours, aimed at improving humanitarian response.

The report indicated that the number of Palestinians who were martyred while searching for food since the beginning of the blockade on May 27 reached 1,373, of whom 859 were near the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" and 514 on the roads leading to aid convoys. It clarified that the majority of the victims were men and boys, with no evidence of their involvement in hostile acts or threats to security. The number of deaths among children, the elderly, the sick, and the disabled has also increased due to famine and malnutrition, as they are unable to reach areas where aid is available, and there is a lack of sufficient humanitarian support for them.

The United Nations confirmed that what is happening in Gaza is a "human-made humanitarian catastrophe" resulting from the policies imposed by the occupation, which have led to a sharp reduction in the quantities of essential life-saving aid. It emphasized that targeting civilians not participating in hostilities and using starvation as a method of warfare by depriving the population of basic needs and preventing the arrival of aid constitutes war crimes, and may rise to crimes against humanity if committed as part of a systematic attack on civilians.

Since the beginning of March, the occupation has renounced the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, which began on January 19, and resumed acts of killing and destruction, rejecting all international initiatives to stop the aggression. Despite UN and Palestinian warnings of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, the occupation continues to close the crossings of the Gaza Strip since March 2, as part of the systematic starvation policy it uses as a weapon against the Palestinians.

It is noteworthy that since October 7, 2023, the occupation has been waging a genocidal war on Gaza, including killing, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to stop the aggression. This war, directly supported by the United States, has resulted in the death and injury of more than 204,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, and famine that has led to the deaths of many Palestinians.