Another child starves to death in Gaza, medical sources say
Medical sources at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said that five-year-old Mohammed Zakaria Khader has died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency reported.
Earlier in the day, health officials reported that the total number of people who have died from Israeli-induced hunger and malnutrition in the territory had risen to 222, including 101 children.
Most of those deaths have occurred in recent weeks, as Israel continues to impose severe restrictions on aid supplies entering Gaza after partially lifting a total blockade in late May.
Extremely limited number of aid trucks entering Gaza and most of those are looted, GMO says
Gaza’s Government Media Office reports that only 124 aid trucks were allowed by Israel to enter the Gaza Strip on Sunday, far below the minimum 600 daily trucks required to fight off famine.
Most of the trucks were looted “amid deliberate security chaos created by the Israeli occupation as part of the policy of engineering starvation and chaos aimed at undermining the resilience of our Palestinian people”, it said in a statement.
Only 1,334 aid trucks out of the supposed amount of 9,000 trucks were allowed into Gaza over the course of 15 days, the office said.
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid await permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip to drive towards the besieged Palestinian territory on August 3
UN food agency warns Gaza hunger at record levels
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that hunger and malnutrition levels in Gaza are the highest ever recorded, with more than one-third of the population going without food for days at a time and 500,000 people on the brink of famine.
The agency said Gaza must be “flooded” with large-scale food assistance to avert further catastrophe.
So far, more than 200 people have starved to death in Gaza, according to health officials in the enclave.
Two Gaza medics wounded on rescue missions in separate Israeli attacks
Two rescue workers with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) have been wounded in separate Israeli strikes while trying to help people in Gaza.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed how volunteer Noah Shaghnoubi was wounded while trying to rescue injured people inside a house targeted by the Israeli military south of Gaza City.
The Wafa news agency reported that Diaa Mohammed Suleiman al-Bayouk, a paramedic with the PRCS, was injured in the arm while responding to a distress call in a house in the vicinity of the University College, southwest of the besieged Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.
إصابة صديقي وأخويا نوح الشغنوبي أثناء مهمة إنقاذ في منطقة الصبرة pic.twitter.com/yn2GFiMbST
— صالح الجعفراوي | Saleh Aljafarawi (@S_Aljafarawi) August 11, 2025
Translation: My friend and brother, Noah al-Shaghnoubi, was injured during a rescue mission in the Sabra area.
