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Main events on July 22nd

  • Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 81 people, including 31 aid seekers, since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
  • Journalists and rescuers in Gaza have gone on hunger strike to protest Israel’s starvation tactics.
  • The number of people dying from hunger is steadily increasing, according to Nasser Hospital.
  • Gaza is a “horror show with a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
  • The Israeli army announced that a soldier was “severely injured” during clashes in central Gaza.
  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on the Israeli government for an immediate end to the relentless bombing of Gaza and unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid.
  • Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said there is a possibility of a renewed military campaign against Iran.
  • US President Donald Trump’s aide, Steve Witkoff, will attend ceasefire talks in Qatar that aim to finalise a “corridor” for aid into Gaza, the US State Department said.