Gaza death toll rises
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed 58 people and wounded 308 in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Among the victims are 28 people who were killed and 184 who were injured while seeking aid.
The latest casualties bring the war’s total death toll in Gaza to 62,744, with 158,259 injured.
Rare autoimmune diseases causing paralysis in Gaza
With Gaza’s health infrastructure decimated, rare autoimmune diseases are spreading.
Among them is Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) which turns the body’s immune system against the nerves, leaving those infected weak, paralysed and often unable to breathe.
Doctors say they are seeing more cases among young people. Their condition could be treated, anywhere else in the world, but the WHO says Gaza has no stock of the treatment they need.
For 25-year-old Mohammed al-Masri, the condition started with stomach pain and diarrhoea – before he suddenly lost the ability to walk. “I had stomach pain, then my legs stopped moving. They told me I have GBS, but there is no treatment. I am scared I will die,” he told Al Jazeera.
Another man suffering from the disease, Ahmed Hassan, described a similar deterioration. “Every day, something stopped working. First my legs, then my hands. Even breathing became difficult,” he said.
Three people, including two children, have already died from GBS.
Airdropped packages fall on Palestinian tents
Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows the moment when parachuted aid packages that were dropped from military planes fell on the tents of displaced people in Gaza.
A Palestinian activist released the clip, but it is unclear whether there were any injuries or fatalities, as with previous airdrops.
The Israeli military said it allowed Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Germany and Indonesia to drop 116 aid packages over Gaza today as part of “actions to improve the humanitarian response”. Israel continues to block most aid from reaching the enclave through land crossings.
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WHO says more than 50 people, including hospital patients, injured in Nasser Hospital strike
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said Israeli strikes at Nasser Medical Complex hit the facility’s main building where the emergency department, inpatient ward and surgical unit are based.
On top of killing at least 20 people, the attacks wounded more than 50, including “critically ill patients who were already receiving care”, said Ghebreyesus.
“While people in Gaza are being starved, their already limited access to health care is being further crippled by repeated attacks,” he wrote in a post on X.
“We cannot say it loudly enough: STOP attacks on health care. Ceasefire now!”
.@WHO received reports of two strikes on the Nasser Medical Complex this morning, resulting in the deaths of at least 20 people, including four health workers and five journalists. Fifty others were injured, among them critically ill patients who were already receiving care.
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— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) August 25, 2025
