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More Palestinians died of starvation in the past week than in the preceding 21 months<\/a>, prompting widespread condemnation of Israel\u2019s actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a result, much of the media\u2019s focus has been on the desperate suffering of the Palestinians. So we are doing something slightly different in this newsletter: a spotlight on data-visualisation about how people in Gaza<\/a> are being killed and injured while seeking aid.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a collection of other things that caught our eye this fortnight towards the end of the newsletter.<\/p>\n 1. An eleven-minute race for food<\/p>\n The four aid distribution sites across Gaza run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) are only open for a few minutes a day \u2013 the Saudi site was open for an average of 11 minutes in June. Our colleagues in the UK put together this visual explainer<\/a> on \u201chow aid points in Gaza became death traps\u201d.<\/p>\n This chart shows the time between aid sites opening and closing through June and July:<\/p>\n Aid distribution at the Saudi centre across June, according to the GHF Facebook page.<\/p>\n Palestinians in Gaza have to queue and walk kilometres \u2013 through evacuation zones that civilians have been told to leave \u2013 to reach aid sites. The piece also includes maps if, like us, you are having trouble getting your head around this geography.<\/p>\n A map showing the 8km distance of a queue to receive food aid in Palestine<\/a><\/p>\n 2. Average daily calories in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n Our colleague Mona Chalabi also posted this devastating graphic on Instagram<\/a> comparing the average calories consumed by someone in Gaza in May, to the daily recommended amount:<\/p>\n Average daily calories in Gaza.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve often featured Mona\u2019s spectacular work, including this one<\/a> on Gaza\u2019s population as 100 people, and the population density of bombed cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n 3. Aid sites and access routes<\/strong><\/p>\n The Economist also covered the GHF aid sites<\/a> ($), with a series of excellent maps and satellite images showing the long walks and the huge crowds forming at checkpoints.<\/p>\n Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites and access routes, at 23 July 2025.<\/p>\n Among other things, this really drives home the distances that families are forced to travel to get aid.<\/p>\n 4. Huge crowds for aid convoy<\/strong><\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to The Crunch<\/p>\n Free fortnightly newsletter<\/p>\n Our data journalists showcase the most important charts and dataviz from the Guardian and around the web, free every fortnight<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n To give more context around the scale of the desperation for aid, the New York Times reports<\/a> on a satellite image of huge crowds gathering around aid trucks taken in Gaza last week:<\/p>\n Satellite image of hundreds of Palestinians converging on an aid convoy.<\/p>\n Not a lot is known about where these trucks were going or what they were carrying. The NYT has also published a map<\/a> showing which countries have already recognised a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n 5. Environmental devastation in Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n Environmental devastation is an under-reported aspect of the destruction in Gaza. Bloomberg analysis<\/a> of satellite data has found nearly 350 sites where waste has been piling up since the conflict began.<\/p>\n This map shows Souk Feras, which was a market before the conflict began but now holds an estimated 200,000 metric tons of rubbish:<\/p>\n A satellite map of Souk Feras.<\/p>\n The Bloomberg team estimates that new garbage sites cover more than 1 sq kilometre, about 60% of the areas are close to tents, and 15% are near water, sanitation or other \u201chygiene sites\u201d. Read (and see) more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other things from the fortnightRecent graduates face mounting debtSign up<\/p>\n If you would like to receive The Crunch to your email inbox every fortnight, sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n