At least 18 people killed across Gaza since dawn as child starves to death
A six-year-old boy has died from malnutrition in southern Gaza, and at least 18 people have been killed across the territory since dawn. The Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the death of Jamal Fadi al-Najjar, who succumbed to hunger-related illness in the southern city of Khan Younis.
Elsewhere in the governorate of Khan Younis, at least five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced civilians in the al-Mawasi area.
In Gaza City, which Israel said it plans to seize, at least four people were killed and others injured in an air strike on an apartment in the al-Sahaba area.
Heavy bombardment also struck residential homes elsewhere in Gaza City:
- At least four people were killed in a strike on the al-Nadeem family home on al-Nadeem Street, and several are missing. A girl was rescued.
- At least three people were killed in a strike on the al-Hasari family home near al-Faruq Mosque, and about 20 people were trapped under rubble.
- At least one person was killed in a strike on the Salmi family home, west of the University College area. Several remain missing.
Five Palestinians starve to death in Gaza in 24 hours: Ministry
Gaza’s Health Ministry has recorded “five deaths due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, including two children”. This brings the total number of hunger-related deaths recorded since October 7, 2023 to 227, including 103 children.
Israel claims to have killed dozens of fighters in three-month northern Gaza operation
In its latest message, Israel’s army claims its air force and ground troops have struck and killed numerous fighters and destroyed military infrastructure in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and parts of Gaza City over the past three months.
The military said it killed dozens of fighters, while wrecking military observation posts, rocket launch sites and tunnel shafts used by fighters. It added that troops with its Southern Command continue to operate in the area.
As we’ve reported, recent Israeli attacks in northern Gaza have killed numerous civilians, including six children in the same family yesterday.
Dozens of fighters in three months??? Dozens of civilians die every single day.
Since May the official recorded death toll rose by 7,503
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/reported-impact-snapshot-gaza-strip-21-may-2025
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/reported-impact-snapshot-gaza-strip-6-august-2025
Estimated death toll is far higher
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02009-8
They already estimate it at 84,000 early Januari.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-media-loves-the-experts-until-its-time-to-count-gazas-dead
Estimating Starvation Deaths, Before the Last Few Weeks
One letter to the Biden administration, signed by 99 American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza, estimated a death toll of 118,900 by the time the letter was sent in October 2024. Brown University’s Costs of War Project believes the figure credible and has cited it in its own report.
As detailed in the letter’s appendix, this includes a conservative count of over 62,000 deaths from starvation, alongside the more than 41,000 killed directly by that time, an additional 10,000 buried under rubble and therefore uncounted, and a few thousand more from those with chronic medical conditions who were cut off from their treatments.
Israel’s COGAT trying to cover up ‘internationally documented crime’ in Gaza: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office has accused COGAT, the Israeli military’s liaison to the Palestinians, of “a pathetic attempt to cover up an internationally documented crime, the systematic starvation of the population of the Gaza Strip”.
The statement published on Telegram seems to have been a response to COGAT’s statement published on X that claimed: “Hamas is misrepresenting deaths from pre-existing medical conditions as malnutrition to advance their political agenda.”
The Government Media Office highlighted that the UN and other international organisations have documented scores of deaths “as a result of starvation and lack of food and medicine due to the closure of crossings, the imposition of a comprehensive blockade, and the prevention of the entry of food and aid”.
“The occupation claimed that some of the martyrs suffered from chronic diseases to exonerate itself, but international law is clear: even chronically ill people need food, medical care, and medicine, all of which the occupation has deprived them of through its policy of blockade and prevention of their entry into Gaza,” it added.
The office insisted that the death toll issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Health is “accurate and documented according to clear health standards”.
