Several killed as Israeli military attacks tents housing displaced Palestinians
The Israeli military has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip overnight, carrying out several deadly attacks in the hours since midnight local time (21:00 GMT), according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.
The attacks include:
- A displaced Palestinian family was killed in an Israeli drone strike on their tent in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza. The victims included a man, woman and their two children.
- At least two people were killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on a second tent housing displaced Palestinians south of Gaza City.
- In al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, at least two people were killed and others injured in a strike on a tent shelter.
- Three people were killed and others injured in an attack on an apartment building in the as-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City.
US nurse invites Witkoff to visit Gaza hospital
An American nurse volunteering at southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital urges US special envoy Steve Witkoff to visit the enclave and witness firsthand the effect Israel’s aid blockade is having on the Palestinian population.
“If Mr Witkoff is gonna come to Israel, then I would invite him to come inside to Gaza, come inside and take a look for yourself – don’t believe what other people are saying. Take a look with your own eyes. I would be happy to take you through the halls here and show you the type of patients we are treating,” Elidalias Burgos said in a video published by the Gaza Health Ministry and social media users.
“Once you see it, you can’t unsee it and if you have a heart, if you are a human being with a heart, you will be heartbroken,” Burgos said.
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— Sameh Ahmed ๐ ๐ต๐ธ (@PalPress24) July 30, 2025
Unfortunately I don't think Witkoff has a heart.
Young man starves to death in southern Gaza’s Rafah: Hospital
A source at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that a young man from Rafah has died from starvation.
On Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 154 hunger-related deaths since October 7, 2023, saying 89 children were among those who starved to death.
Gaza death toll rises again
At least 111 Palestinians, including 91 aid seekers, have been killed and 820 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, the enclave’s Health Ministry says, updating the toll posted earlier today with 10 additional deaths among aid seekers.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed a total of 60,249 Palestinians and injured 147,089 since October 7, 2023, the ministry said on Telegram.
The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27, when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism, has reached 1,330, with more than 8,818 injured, the statement said.
