Israeli strikes kill dozens in Central Gaza, Khan Younis
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Israeli forces kill 33 Palestinians, including 10 children, in Khan Younis and central Gaza amid ongoing aggression and starvation crisis.
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A Palestinian woman injured in an Israeli military strike in the central Gaza Strip is brought for treatment at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 (AP)
Nine people, including seven children, were killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group of children in the al-Attar area of Khan Younis's farmlands, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent. Our correspondent added that Israeli forces targeted them while they were filling water from a moving water tank.
Additionally, Gaza's Civil Defense reported that Israeli forces committed another massacre in central Gaza City, killing 13 citizens, including 3 children and 2 women. Rescue teams are confirming that search operations are still ongoing in an attempt to reach 7 children, including an infant no more than a year and a half old, who remain trapped beneath the rubble.
This attack, which took place in the al-Daraj neighborhood of Bani Amir in central Gaza City, targeted a three-story residential building belonging to the al-Hoor and al-Aff families.
Meanwhile, al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat announced the arrival of 10 fatalities and 10 injuries following an Israeli bombardment that struck civilians near an aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street, south of the Wadi Gaza area in the central part of the enclave.
Gaza death toll surges past 63,633
The Gaza Ministry of Health has announced that 76 fatalities and 281 injured individuals have arrived at the Strip's hospitals over the past 24 hours.
According to its daily statistical report, the total number of casualties has risen to 63,633 killed and 160,914 injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, with the report further indicating that the period from March 18, 2025, has seen 11,502 citizens killed and 48,900 others injured.
When it comes to victims who have been targeted by "Israel" while receiving aid, the Ministry stated that in recent hours, 12 citizens were killed and 90 others were injured, raising the total number of what it terms "martyrs for a morsel of food" who have reached hospitals to 2,306 killed and more than 16,929 injured. Furthermore, 13 people, including 3 children, were recorded as having died from starvation over the past 24 hours, raising the overall death toll from starvation to 361, among them 130 children.
