Day 658 of the Gaza genocide: 57 killed, 512 injured by IOF

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
26 Jul 2025 17:27

The total death toll on the 658th day of the Israeli genocide has risen to 59,733 Palestinians killed and 144,477 injured by the Israeli occupation forces.

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Palestinians pray over the body of a person who was killed while trying to reach aid trucks, at Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Saturday, July 26, 2025 (AP)

As the Israeli occupation wages its war on Gaza's most vulnerable, starving children and defenseless civilians, the Health Ministry in the Strip mourned 57 Palestinian martyrs, three of whom were retrieved from beneath the rubble, and reported 512 injuries over the past 24 hours.

This raises the total death toll, on the 658th day of the Israeli genocide, to 59,733 Palestinians killed and 144,477 injured by the Israeli occupation forces.

Since the collapse of the ceasefire on March 18, 8,581 Palestinians have been killed and 32,436 others injured.

However, the toll remains largely understated, as rescue crews are unable to reach impact sites, leaving many Palestinians, wounded and killed, stranded and in need of dire help amid the relentless Israeli aggression.

Meanwhile, massacres at the so-called "aid sites" resume unabated, with hospitals receiving the bodies of 29 starved aid seekers and more than 165 injuries over the past 24 hours. The cumulative death toll of the aid massacres has now reached 1,121 martyrs and 7,485 injuries.

Over 115 dead from starvation

As the Israeli-made famine overtakes Gaza, hospitals have reported the death of more than 115 people due to starvation caused by the Israeli occupation’s blockade. The worsening famine is spreading across the entire Strip, compounded by the complete closure of all crossings for 145 consecutive days and the continued prevention of essential humanitarian aid and baby formula from entering.

In a statement released on Thursday, the Government Media Office in Gaza warned of a near-total absence of food, water, and medicine. It stressed that the Strip urgently requires at least 500,000 bags of flour per week to avert total humanitarian collapse.

The office also addressed circulating claims made by some activists outside Gaza, suggesting the famine has been broken or that "hundreds of aid trucks" have entered, categorically denying the assertions.

"These claims have no basis in reality," the statement emphasized, warning that such narratives dangerously echo Israeli propaganda and distort the truth of the ongoing humanitarian crime.