# Israel opens aid corridors in Gaza after mounting pressure over hunger crisis
The Israeli military said on 2025-07-27 that it will open humanitarian corridors for aid convoys into Gaza and begin a daily pause in military activity in three areas, in a move that follows weeks of growing international pressure over starvation warnings in the territory.
The Israel Defense Forces said the corridors would operate from 06:00 to 23:00 local time and that the pause would cover Al Mawasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City between 10:00 and 20:00 local time until further notice. The military said the arrangements were designed to let the UN and other organisations deliver food and medicine to Palestinians across the strip. It also said it had carried out an airdrop of seven packages containing flour, sugar and canned food.
The announcement came after repeated warnings from aid agencies and UN officials that Gaza’s population was facing a severe hunger crisis. The BBC reported that the UN’s humanitarian chief welcomed the pause but said teams on the ground would need to use the window to reach as many starving people as possible. The same report said the Hamas-run health ministry recorded six more deaths from malnutrition on Sunday, taking the total since the start of the conflict to 133, with most of those deaths occurring in recent weeks.
Israel has rejected accusations that it is deliberately starving the population and said responsibility for food distribution lies with the UN and aid groups. The military said those organisations must ensure aid does not reach Hamas. The BBC report also said the IDF had resumed supplying power to a desalination plant in Gaza, which it said would serve about 900,000 residents.
The aid measures arrive after months of severe restrictions on supplies into Gaza, where humanitarian agencies have said access remains inadequate for a population of about two million people. The BBC cited aid officials who argued that air drops are expensive, inefficient and potentially dangerous, with some warning that packages falling into a densely populated area can injure or kill civilians.
The new steps are unlikely by themselves to resolve the wider emergency. But they mark a notable shift in Israel’s approach after mounting criticism from the UN, aid agencies and some of Israel’s allies. Whether the corridors and pauses translate into a sustained increase in deliveries will depend on whether convoys can move safely and consistently, and whether the promised access is maintained beyond the initial window.
