Around 10:30 pm, the IDF's official social media accounts announced its plan to enact a "humanitarian pauses" across humanitarian zones in Gaza to "improve the humanitarian response in Gaza" by carrying out aerial airdrops of aid, while also explicitly denying in the same post any claims of starvation in Gaza.

Israel's first airdrop was carried out late night, fell on top of tents and injured around 11 people.

At 8:40 am the next morning, the IDF published a map laying out supposedly safe areas where its "tactical pause in military activity will take place for humanitarian purposes from 10:00 to 20:00" starting Sunday.

In total contrast to these official announcements, the IDF continued bombing and shooting civilians across the Gaza Strip including in the areas that are supposed to be safe, namely Al-Mawasi, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.

Israel killed at least 20 aid seekers on Sunday, while simultaneously not restricting the flow of aid through land crossings. Not a single truck entered from the south, whereas no more than 10 entered from the north, where 7 aid seekers were killed.

Israel also killed at least 16 people in areas inside its so-called “humanitarian pause” zone.

List of Israeli attacks on aid seekers on the first day:

• GHF Netzarim / Wadi Gaza: 13 killed, including 4 children and a woman -▪️North: aid seekers massacred at the Zikim Crossing: 7 killed including at least one child

List of Israeli massacres of people inside supposedly safe zones on the first day: -▪️Al-Mawasi: 7 killed

• Deir al-Balah: 4 killed in a tent strike
• Al-Rimal: 5 killed, a mother and her four children

July 28:

On the second day of the humanitarian pause, journalists reported that airdrops fell mostly on areas where the IDF was positioned—kill zones for Palestinians. Meanwhile, Israel continuing restricting the entry of aid trucks except for propaganda purposes.

Late in the evening, Israeli troops perpetrated two aid massacres one in southern Gaza and another by targeting local volunteer groups securing aid entry from North Gaza.

July 29:

For the third day in a row, Israel only allowed a minimal number of trucks through pre-determined routes allowing the aid to get looted.

Over the next days, aid airdrop operations continued in limited amounts equating to only a handful of trucks on a daily basis whereas Gaza needed 600 trucks pre-genocide.