Gaza death toll rises
At least 56 Palestinians, including 22 aid seekers, have been killed and 185 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. Two bodies were also recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli attacks, the ministry said on Telegram.
In the same period, at least three people have starved to death in the territory, bringing the total count of hunger-related deaths to 269, including 112 children, the ministry said.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed 62,122 Palestinians and injured 156,758 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 2,018, with more than 14,947 injured, the statement said.
‘Full dismantling of civilian life’ unfolding in Israeli assault on Gaza City
Neighbourhoods in Gaza City are coming under some of the fiercest Israeli attacks we have seen in recent weeks.
What is taking place is the full destruction of residential homes, the decimation of infrastructure, a full dismantling of civilian life. What is so alarming is that Israel is encroaching its tanks into the beating heart of Gaza, not just the areas near the borders.
People have been repeatedly told by the Israeli military to flee – but this time, not to the western end of Gaza City but to the southern part of the Gaza Strip, which has also been heavily bombarded in the last few hours.
Despite this, a large portion of the population is still in Gaza City – they are refusing to leave their homes and communities.
‘Severe fuel crisis’ compromising response of emergency and rescue services in Gaza
Gaza’s civil defence has said it received only a tenth of the 15,000 litres (3,962 gallons) of fuel it required at the beginning of the month, compromising its ability to respond to emergency and rescue situations.
In a statement, the organisation said that the “severe fuel crisis” had left it facing shortages of diesel and petrol to operate its vehicles, as well as rescue equipment and machinery.
“Many times, our vehicles have stopped on the way to missions, some due to fuel shortages and others due to a lack of spare parts for maintenance,” the statement said. “We face major humanitarian challenges amid the ongoing threats of an escalation in the Israeli war of extermination.”
Five bodies recovered after Israeli strike on tent in northern Gaza: Civil defence
Gaza’s civil defence says its crews have recovered five bodies and rescued three injured people from an Israeli air attack on a tent in northern Gaza. In a statement, it said the tent on a beach in northern Gaza had been targeted at dawn.
3 killed in Israeli drone attack on tent in Khan Younis
Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on a tent in southern Gaza, sources at the Nasser Medical Complex have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The tent in Khan Younis was housing people displaced by the war, the sources said.
Palestinian woman rescued from rubble after Israeli attack
Crews attempt to rescue Palestinian woman Saja Hamad as she lies trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike in central Gaza’s Nuseirat, August 20
