Updates: Israeli troops fire on starving Palestinians seeking food in Gaza

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Tuesday, May 27.

A boy cradles a clear bottle of what appears to be cooking oil in a crowded scene.
A man with a package of rice in each hand gestures in southern Gaza, making a sweeping motion with his arms.
A boy flashes a peace sign as he balances a cardboard box of supplies on his head.
Crowds of thousands gather on a road as they seek supplies in southern Gaza.
Palestinians reach into an open cardboard box of aid, featuring "Teatime biscuits" and cans of food.
A child leans against two stacked cardboard boxes labelled GHF
A young boy carries a bulging cardboard box on his shoulder
A bearded man carries a cardboard box over his shoulder, flashing a peace sign with his free hand.
A view of the crowd receiving aid in Rafah, including a white car, a mule, a boy carrying cardboard boxes labeled GHF and many people.
A man uses both hands to hoist a cardboard box atop one shoulder as he walks through a crowd.
A woman balances a package of food atop her head as she leaves a humanitarian aid centre
A boy holds up a glass jar of food as he sits on the back of a cart filled with cardboard boxes. The men and boys around him gesture, some with their arms in the air.
A child cradles a bottle of cooking oil outside an aid distribution site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 27. [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
By Lyndal Rowlands, Federica Marsi, Urooba Jamal, Steffie Banatvala, Patrick Keddie and Farah Najjar
Published On 27 May 2025

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