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SvennoJ on 23 July 2025
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Gaza death toll rises

At least 100 Palestinians, including 34 aid seekers, have been killed and 534 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. During this period, 13 bodies were also recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli attacks, the statement added.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 59,219 people and injured 143,045 since October 7, 2023, the ministry said. The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27 when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism has reached 1,060, with more than 7,207 injured.


Malnutrition will have long-term repercussions on Gaza people: Doctor

Nour Sharaf, an American doctor from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, has spoken to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic about the food crisis and the overwhelmed healthcare system in the Gaza Strip.

Here are the main points she made:

  • We see people who haven’t eaten anything for days and are dying of hunger.
  • Doctors sometimes don’t get food, but they still do their jobs.
  • Doctors work long hours, exceeding their scheduled hours.
  • There is no room in the emergency room to receive patients, and we are treating them on the floor.
  • The situation in the Gaza Strip is unlike anything I have ever seen in my life.
  • The hunger situation in the Strip is appalling.


Children’s ‘lives are hanging by a thread’ in Gaza

Scott Lea, acting director in the occupied Palestinian territory for the International Rescue Committee, says the group has witnessed “a sharp rise in the number of children being rushed to hospitals because of malnutrition” in Gaza.

“Their small bodies are shutting down – they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing, and they are highly vulnerable to infection. Their lives are hanging by a thread,” Lea said in a statement.

“This is a man-made hunger crisis driven by severe restrictions and a near-total blockade on aid and goods. It is preventable and it must end.”


Demonstrators gather to protest and draw attention to the hunger crisis in Gaza, on July 22, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel