Gaza Health Ministry reports new death toll of 62,819
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Israeli airstrikes kill displaced Palestinians, including a child and two women, as famine grips Gaza and the destruction of residential areas continues.
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Palestinians carry the body of a boy who was killed while trying to reach a humanitarian aid convoy on the outskirts of Beit Lahia, as they walk on a road in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on August 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
At least 10 Palestinians were martyred early on Tuesday morning as Israeli airstrikes continued to bombard the Gaza Strip, targeting displaced civilians and residential areas amid worsening famine and destruction.
Five Palestinians were killed in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, after Israeli occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced individuals.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, a drone strike also targeted a tent west of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians and injuring others.
Further strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in central Gaza. Two women were martyred and several others were injured when the occupation bombed a warehouse in Deir al-Balah. Additional injuries were reported after an Israeli strike on a home in the al-Bureij refugee camp.
In the northern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian child was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment in the Saftawi area, north of Gaza City.
Ministry of Health reports 75 martyrs in 24 hours
On another note, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that hospitals in Gaza received 75 martyrs and 370 wounded in the past 24 hours.
Many victims remain trapped under rubble and scattered on the streets as ambulance and civil defense crews struggle to reach them under relentless Israeli bombardment. Since October 7, 2023, "Israel’s" assault has killed 62,819 Palestinians and wounded 158,629. Between March 18, 2025, and today alone, the toll stands at 10,975 martyrs and 46,588 injured.
Among those killed while seeking food aid in the past 24 hours were 17 Palestinians, with another 122 injured. This brings the total number of Palestinians killed while trying to access humanitarian aid to 2,140 martyrs and more than 15,737 injured, a stark reminder of the deadly conditions Palestinians face in their struggle for survival.
Hospitals also reported three new deaths from starvation and malnutrition among adults, raising the total to 303 deaths, including 117 children, clear evidence of Israel’s use of famine as a weapon of war against Gaza’s civilian population.
Systematic destruction of Gaza neighborhoods ongoing
The Israeli occupation has continued its systematic destruction of residential neighborhoods, particularly in eastern Gaza City and the al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the south. Bombardment also struck the towns of Jabalia and al-Nazla in the north.
Israeli airstrikes persisted throughout the night, contributing to the widespread razing of civilian homes and infrastructure.
On Monday alone, 87 Palestinians were martyred by Israeli fire and missiles, including six journalists, further escalating the humanitarian crisis.
The Israeli occupation carried out a massacre at the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza on Monday, striking the facility twice, targeting civilians and members of the civil defense who were targeted in the second strike as they rushed to aid victims of the first.
Footage taken in the immediate aftermath of the strike showed smoke rising and debris scattered outside the hospital. Palestinians rushed to aid the wounded, carrying bloodied bodies and severed limbs into the medical complex.
According to the report, one body was seen hanging from the top floor of the targeted building as a man screamed below. Among the injured was a woman in medical scrubs and a white coat, who was rushed in on a stretcher with a heavily bandaged leg and clothes soaked in blood.
