Gaza death toll tops 54,000
The Health Ministry in Gaza has just released its latest daily update on the number of casualties due to Israeli attacks on the besieged and bombarded territory.
- At least 79 people were killed and 163 wounded, as reported by hospitals in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
- The update does not include hospitals in the North Governorate due to the difficulty of accessing them.
- The figures bring the number of people killed since the start of the war to 54,056, with 123,129 wounded.
- There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defence crews are unable to reach them.
UN rapporteur bewails ‘so many children – burning alive’ in Gaza attacks
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, said she is unable to look at fire any longer after seeing “so many people – so many children” burned alive in Israeli attacks on Gaza.
“I can’t look at fire anymore without feeling sick to my stomach,” the UN official said in a post on social media, which has been viewed more than 470,000 times.
“May the Palestinians forgive us,” she added.
I’ve seen the silhouettes of so many people—so many children—burning alive, that I can’t look at fire anymore without feeling sick to my stomach.
WE
MUST
STOP
THIS
MASSACRE.
May the Palestinians forgive us. pic.twitter.com/LRBvWyDaru
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) May 26, 2025
The child victims of Israel brutal war on Gaza
A child with a head bandage at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on May 26
Sila Madi, 8, lies in a hospital in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on Monday. Doctors have amputated Sila’s right leg and are trying to save her left leg, following injuries from an Israeli attack
Two-year-old Palestinian girl Maryam Abu Daqqa, who is suffering from malnutrition, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Monday
As well as thousands of dead children, shot in the head by snipers, burned, buried alive or blown to pieces. And many thousands more mourning the loss of their parents and siblings. Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza. April 3rd 2025
UNRWA says only 6 of its health centres operational in Gaza
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said only six out of 22 UNRWA health centres remain operational in the Gaza Strip due to “constant bombardment”.
In a post on X, UNRWA said 37 medical points were also in place, but essential medical supplies remained “critically low”.
“Unhindered access to deliver lifesaving aid including medicine and basic medical supplies is urgently needed,” it said.
UNRWA has delivered over 8.5 million medical consultations in #Gaza since the war began in October 2023. These include maternal health, mental health, and rehabilitation services.
Due to the ongoing war and constant bombardment, only 6 out of 22 UNRWA health centres remain… pic.twitter.com/HeTSGrJr46
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 27, 2025
