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SvennoJ on 16 August 2025
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Main events on August 15th

  • At least 44 people were killed by the Israeli army across the Gaza Strip, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.
  • Israeli quadcopters dropped leaflets ordering residents to leave the entire northeastern and part of the northwestern areas of the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reported.
  • Israel carried out another attack on al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City today, killing at least two people.
  • The UN human rights office said at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, a jump of several hundred since its last published figures at the beginning of August.
  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, said malnutrition in Gaza City has reached 21.5 percent, meaning nearly 1 in 5 young children is now malnourished.
  • Israeli settlers carried out at least two attacks, targeting Palestinians in both the Ramallah and Jericho districts, Wafa news agency reported.
  • Israeli aircraft launched air strikes on the Ali al-Taher area on the outskirts of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, the state news agency NNA reported.



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