Dozens martyred, hundreds wounded in Gaza as starvation deaths rise
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"Israel" kills 26 Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza while the Israeli-manufactured famine claims 11 more lives as blockade and attacks deepen the humanitarian crisis.
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A Palestinian man carries the body of his 7-year-old nephew, Alaa Al-Toum, who, according to the family, was killed in an Israeli army airstrike last night, during his funeral at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025 (AP)
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip announced today that 70 martyrs, including eight whose bodies were recovered, and 385 injured have been admitted to hospitals in the enclave over the past 24 hours due to the Israeli aggression.
The ministry noted that a number of victims remain trapped under rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews have been unable to reach them so far.
According to official statistics, the death toll from the Israeli war has risen to 61,897 killed and 155,660 injured since October 7, 2023, while the number of fatalities and injuries since March 18, 2025, up to today has reached 10,362 dead and 43,619 wounded.
The Health Ministry provided updated casualty figures from Israeli attacks on Palestinians gathering for humanitarian aid, known locally as the "flour massacre" incidents.
In the past 24 hours, 26 people were killed and 175 were wounded while attempting to access food supplies, bringing the total to 1,924 deaths and more than 14,288 injuries since the attacks on humanitarian queues began.
Gaza hospitals recorded 11 starvation-related deaths, including one child, in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of famine victims to 251, among them 108 children.
Starvation, aid massacres continue unabated
This comes as "Israel" relentlessly continues its war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, and has been accompanied by a complete blockade of the territory that includes restrictions on fuel, medical supplies, and food deliveries, severely worsening humanitarian conditions and hampering rescue and relief efforts.
Two Palestinian siblings, 16-year-old Mahmoud Suhail al-Dabba and his 25-year-old sister Hanan, died Friday after weeks of malnutrition and deteriorating health under Gaza's blockade, medical sources confirmed on Saturday.
Additionally, six Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike while awaiting humanitarian aid in Gaza's Zikim area were brought to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, medical sources reported.
An Israeli shelling attack struck Palestinians gathered at a food distribution point south of Wadi Gaza, killing nine people, including a woman and six children, and wounding 14 others, according to medical officials at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat who received the casualties.
