At least 13 aid seekers among 16 killed in Gaza since dawn
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, according to medical sources speaking to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The death toll includes at least 13 aid seekers, the sources said.
Hunger-related Gaza death toll rises to 154: Ministry
Gaza hospitals have recorded seven new deaths “due to famine and malnutrition”, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
The total number of people who have starved to death during Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 154, including 89 children, the ministry’s statement said on Telegram.
Palestinian children pick out food scraps in Gaza City
Euro-Med Monitor warns of ‘unprecedented surge’ of deaths among Gaza’s elderly
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says its field team “has documented the deaths of dozens of elderly people in displacement camps due to starvation, malnutrition, or lack of treatment”.
“Many of these deaths were recorded as natural causes, owing to the absence of a clear reporting mechanism within the ministry and the tendency of families to bury their loved ones immediately,” it said on X.
It noted an “unprecedented surge” in daily deaths over the past two weeks, with hundreds of elderly people arriving each day at hospitals and primary care centres “in states of extreme exhaustion, seeking nutritional fluids”.
Approximately 1,200 elderly Palestinians have died in #Gaza over the past two months due to Israel’s starvation policy, malnutrition, and lack of medical care, all of which have intensified in recent days.
The actual death toll may be significantly higher, noting an… pic.twitter.com/tQHCeUEfuh
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) July 30, 2025
