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Gaza authorities report new strain of influenza amid medicine shortages
Displaced Palestinians crammed in tents as well as patients suffering from life-threatening diseases in Gaza are now threatened by a new strain of influenza that is rapidly spreading, according to the enclave’s Government Media Office.
It said in a statement that hospitals and healthcare centres that remain functioning are unable to meaningfully respond to the threat “amid catastrophic health conditions caused by the ongoing siege and genocide”.
The virus is spreading fast due to severe overcrowding, lack of clean water and ventilation, and deterioration of health services as a result of Israel’s mass displacement of the population and the widespread destruction of Gaza.
Child among two people killed in Israeli attack on Maghazi refugee camp
A source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has reported that two people have been killed, including a child, and several others injured when an Israeli drone attacked a residential building in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Daily death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 78
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that at least 78 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Sunday, including 32 aid seekers.
Israel’s army chief threatens Hamas leaders abroad, says more soldiers heading to Gaza
Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir has held a situation assessment meeting with his top commanders, saying the military must “initiate” more attacks to surprise and reach its targets anywhere.
Many more reserve soldiers will assemble this week “in preparation for the continued intensification of the fighting against Hamas in Gaza City”, he was quoted as saying by the military.
“Most of Hamas’s leadership is abroad. We will reach them as well.”
Israeli assault on Gaza City will further impede humanitarian aid, WFP head says
Israel’s offensive to seize Gaza City will make the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip even more dire, the World Food Programme’s chief has said.
“It’s going to limit the amount of food that they have access to,” Cindy McCain told CBS’s Face the Nation news programme on Sunday.
“Of course, the danger alone is a whole other part of that, as you know, and it does not make it easy for humanitarian aid workers to get in there as well to make sure that we can do our job.
“The one thing that I’ve been saying all along about situations like Gaza City and others is that humanitarian aid workers are not targets. They’re not targets, and this has to end.”
#Gaza is at a breaking point. I've just seen it myself.
@WFP operates in conflict zones all over the world. Families in Gaza are starving—and we know how to deliver at scale.
We must revive our network of 200+ food distribution points, community kitchens & bakeries ASAP.
— Cindy McCain (@WFPChief) August 28, 2025
Israeli forces kill another Palestinian journalist in Gaza
The Government Media Office says journalist Islam Muhareb Abed has been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza City, bringing the total number of media workers killed in Israel’s war to 247.
Abed worked worked for Al-Quds Al-Youm satellite channel, the GMO said in a statement.
No space available in southern Gaza for Gaza City residents: UNRWA
As Israel attempts to displace around one million Gaza City residents towards so-called evacuation zones in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that no space is available.
“Gaza City residents are unable to travel to the southern Gaza Strip,” UNRWA told Al Jazeera Arabic. “There are no places in the southern Gaza Strip for Gaza City residents to seek refuge.”
The agency warned that Gaza’s largest urban hub was witnessing a near-total collapse of the humanitarian system, while municipal services are almost non-existent.
“What’s happening in Gaza City is the most dangerous since the beginning of the war,” it said.
Electricity cut at al-Aqsa Hospital puts patients’ lives at risk
Footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows that the al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza has plunged into darkness due to its generators running out of fuel. The lack of power puts the lives of thousands of injured patients at risk, especially those in intensive care.
