Medical cases surge in shelters amid worsening conditions: Gaza Civil Defence
Gaza’s Civil Defence says medical emergencies inside shelters and displacement camps have surged in recent days amid worsening conditions.
In a statement, the General Directorate of Civil Defence said its crews treated 132 medical cases across the Gaza Strip during August, including 112 elderly people and children, who were transferred to hospitals.
It attributed the increase to Israel’s reduction of what it calls the “humanitarian zone” in Gaza, saying this has led to deteriorating living conditions marked by extreme heat, water and soil pollution, and the spread of insects.
“We call on the United Nations and the World Health Organization to intervene urgently and pressure the occupation to prevent the expansion of the disaster and the resulting deaths among the displaced,” the statement said.
Gaza death toll surpasses 62,000, Health Ministry says
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says 60 people were killed and 344 injured in the past 24 hours as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks.
In its daily update, the ministry said “a number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and Civil Defence crews are unable to reach them at this time.”
The ministry said the overall death toll since October 7, 2023 has risen to 62,004, with 156,230 people wounded. Since March 18, 2025, when Israel broke the most recent ceasefire, at least 10,460 have been killed and 44,189 injured.
Hospitals recorded that 27 people seeking aid were killed and 281 injured over the past day, bringing the total number to 1,965 killed and more than 14,701 injured near the aid sites.
The ministry also reported five deaths from famine and malnutrition, including two children, in the last 24 hours. It said at least 263 people, among them 112 children, have now died from hunger-related causes.
Egypt’s FM calls for aid to ‘flood’ Gaza during border crossing news conference
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, visiting the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, said Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani was visiting the country “to consolidate our existing common efforts in order to apply maximum pressure on the two sides to reach a [ceasefire] deal as soon as possible”.
Alluding to the dire humanitarian conditions for the more than two million people living in the Gaza Strip, where UN agencies and aid groups have warned of famine, Abdelatty stressed the urgency of reaching an agreement.
“The current situation on the ground is beyond imagination,” he told a news conference as he visited the Rafah crossing with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa.
Egypt “is ready to flood Gaza with humanitarian aid as soon as the Israeli restrictions are removed”, he added.
Abdelatty said Egypt rejects “any Palestinian displacement” from Gaza. “Our position on the Palestinian issue is firm and unchanging. We reiterate our rejection of all policies aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.”
Egypt has said its side of the Rafah border crossing remains open, but that the Palestinian side has been blocked by Israel since the war broke out. But Egypt has also often helped to enforce Israel’s siege of Gaza since 2007.
