The Gaza Health Ministry said five Palestinians—including one child—died of malnutrition in the 24 hours to Monday, raising the death toll from hunger and famine-related causes to 222 since the war began. The previous day’s total stood at 217 deaths, of whom 100 were children. Efforts to scale up humanitarian deliveries remain contested. The United Arab Emirates has sent ten aid convoys comprising 214 trucks loaded with more than 4,565 tons of supplies through the Rafah crossing over the past two weeks, and a further convoy of about 20 trucks carrying 540 tons entered on Monday. Israel, for its part, says almost 1,900 aid trucks reached Gaza in the week to 9 August. Hamas counters that the territory needs more than 600 trucks every day and describes current inflows as “a drop in the ocean.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that Hamas is confiscating incoming supplies and blamed the group for Gaza’s food shortages. He said Israel would open protected corridors and new distribution sites, allow additional airdrops of assistance, and permit more foreign journalists into designated safe areas of the enclave. United Nations officials warned the same day that hospitals are overflowing with severely malnourished children and that civilians risk their lives to secure food. The UN’s aid coordination office called conditions “catastrophic” and said only a sustained cease-fire and unrestricted access for relief agencies can avert a wider famine.