Gaza MoH reports 94 dead, 367 injured in 24 hours as toll tops 58,600

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
17 Jul 2025 23:32
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Twenty-six Palestinians starved to death yesterday while seeking food, bringing famine-related casualties to 877 dead.

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The body of a man is recovered from the rubble of a house following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

The Health Ministry in Gaza reported heavy casualties over the past 24 hours, with 94 Palestinians killed, including one victim pulled from rubble, and 367 wounded in ongoing Israeli strikes. Medical facilities across the Strip received the martyrs as bombardment persisted.

Emergency crews face severe challenges reaching victims, with many still trapped under destroyed buildings or lying unattended in streets due to continuous Israeli aggression and restricted access.

The genocide's cumulative toll now stands at 58,667 dead and 139,974 injured since hostilities began on October 7, 2023. A more recent surge in Israeli massacres since March 18, 2025, has claimed 7,843 lives with 27,933 injuries recorded.

Separately, 26 Palestinians were killed and over 32 were injured while attempting to obtain food and supplies yesterday. This brings the total number of starvation-related deaths to 877 and more than 5,666 injuries as Gaza's humanitarian crisis worsens.

Hamas officials condemned "Israel's" deliberate starvation policy, labeling it as genocidal warfare. They called on Arab and Muslim nations to urgently pressure for an end to the blockade and accelerate humanitarian relief efforts.

Resistance intensifies counteroffensive

In parallel to these developments, the Resistance has been intensifying its operations on the ground.

Palestinian Resistance factions escalated operations Thursday in response to continued Israeli aggression across the Gaza Strip. The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced a series of rocket attacks targeting the settlements of Sderot, Mefalsim, Nir Oz, and Be’eri in the Gaza envelope. The attacks were described as direct retaliation for the occupation's crimes against Palestinians.

In a notable development, al-Quds fighters ambushed a unit of Israeli undercover forces, known as mista'aravim, on Jala Street in Khan Younis. The group reported that the strike, carried out with an RPG, triggered a direct engagement involving automatic gunfire and hand grenades, inflicting casualties on the Israeli unit.

Meanwhile, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stated that it had bombarded an Israeli military position near Street 5 in northern Khan Younis using mortar shells, targeting armored vehicles and troop concentrations.

According to Resistance affairs analyst Hani al-Dali, such bold battlefield operations have upended Israeli strategic calculations. He argued that persistent military pressure, illustrated by recent footage of a Resistance fighter planting an explosive device inside an Israeli tank, has exposed the Israeli army’s operational limitations and eroded morale. This, al-Dali noted, has compelled “Israel” to reconsider its earlier withdrawal proposals and engage in revised negotiations under pressure from mediators.