"President Trump wants to alleviate suffering for the people of Gaza because he has a humanitarian heart. He announced a new aid plan today to help Gazans obtain crucial access to food – details are forthcoming," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a comment to ABC News.

Israel has allowed more aid to flow into Gaza, under intense pressure over Palestinians starving to death, but the U.N. says much more is still needed.

Israel ended a truce in Gaza in March, hoping to break Hamas. The move has heightened suffering for Palestinians but achieved few, if any, Israeli goals.

Aid agencies say many Gazans are hungry and malnourished. Amal Nassar says her family is among them, and price gouging is making things worse.

A newborn died Monday afternoon, hours after she was delivered in a surgery following the killing of her mother in Gaza Strip, a hospital said.

Accompanying the ongoing physical combat is an "information warfare" being fought on both sides, with influences often hidden to news consumers.

Where is this conflict headed next? I’m joined by my colleagues Max Boot and Shadi Hamid to discuss. Damir Marusic Israel seems to have — temporarily — relented in its siege of Gaza. Do you think this can be extended into a more durable pause in the fighting?

CHINA TRADE TALKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, meanwhile, are meeting with Chinese officials in Stockholm for another round of trade talks ahead of an Aug. 12 deadline for steep tariffs on both U.S. and Chinese goods to go into effect.