The military statement said airdrops would be conducted in coordination with international aid organizations. It was not clear where they would be carried out.

UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) -Famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

The United Kingdom plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel commits to peace in the Gaza Strip and stopping the annexation of the West Bank.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his country would act unless there was a truce, citing the “intolerable” humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

President Trump on Sunday said Hamas is stealing food that was meant for people in Gaza, telling reporters multiple times that goods are being stolen when pressed on the hunger crisis in the region. The president,

President Donald Trump accused Hamas of “stealing” the food and aid meant for the Palestinians suffering from hunger in Gaza. Trump was in Turnberry, Scotland, along with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen when reporters asked about the recent aid distribution in Gaza.

They reiterated their calls for an immediate ceasefire to pave the way for peace in the region,' the statement said

Tom Fletcher, UN humanitarian chief, said most of the UN's food lorries were looted by desperately hungry Palestinians after entering Gaza on Sunday There is "real starvation" in Gaza, Donald Trump has said,