Another person dies of malnutrition in Gaza
A 30-year-old man, Wissam Abu Mohsen, has died of malnutrition, according to a Nasser Hospital report cited by our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
The announcement of his death came shortly after Gaza’s Health Ministry reported five hunger-related deaths recorded in 24 hours, which raised the total number of people who have starved to death during the war to 227.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 89 Palestinians, including 31 aid seekers, have been killed and 513 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
Eleven bodies were also recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli attacks, the ministry said on Telegram.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed a total of 61,599 Palestinians and injured 154,088 since October 7, 2023, the ministry added.
The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27 when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism through the US-based GHF has reached 1,838 with more than 13,409 injured, the statement said.
Israel blocks 430 food items from entering Gaza: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says Israel is still blocking the entry of more than 430 food items into the territory, despite allowing some aid trucks through last month under international pressure.
In a statement, the office said banned items include “frozen meat of all kinds, frozen fish, cheese, dairy products, frozen vegetables, and fruits”, along with “hundreds of other items needed by the starving and sick”.
The statement said the partial easing announced on July 27 has not lifted broad restrictions on food and other essential goods.
It added that Israel had directly targeted food sources, by not just preventing aid, but deliberately bombing 44 food banks, killing dozens of workers in them, and targeting “57 food distribution centers with bombardment”.
Earlier, we reported that Gaza’s media office has accused COGAT, the Israeli military body reporting on aid deliveries into the enclave, of “a pathetic attempt to cover up an internationally documented crime, the systematic starvation of the population of the Gaza Strip”.
