Not just Israeli strikes, hunger, aid site attacks killing Gazans too
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At least 13 people were killed in Israeli strikes and five have died from starvation in Gaza within 24 hours, as officials warn of health system collapse and engineered famine.
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Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, August 8, 2025 (AP)
At least 13 Palestinians, including children, have been killed and dozens more have been wounded across the Gaza Strip within hours, as Israeli airstrikes and a deepening humanitarian crisis continue to devastate the enclave.
Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza reported on Sunday that it had received the bodies of eight Palestinians and treated 27 others injured following Israeli attacks south of Wadi Gaza. Among them were two people killed and three wounded near a “humanitarian aid distribution point” on Salah al-Din Street. Two more Palestinians were killed and others were injured while waiting for aid near the Netzarim axis in central Gaza.
In Khan Younis, Israeli forces targeted a group of civilians near the Abu Humeid roundabout, killing and injuring several, according to local sources. Overnight, Israeli warplanes carried out heavy bombardment of eastern Gaza City, with strikes continuing into Sunday morning. Several people were also wounded in an airstrike on the al-Mawasi area.
'Israel' engineering famine
The Gaza Health Ministry said five people, including two children, died from starvation within 24 hours, bringing the total number of famine-related deaths since the start of the Israeli war to 217, among them 100 children.
Munir al-Bursh, the Ministry’s director general, accused the Israeli regime of shifting “from starving Gaza to engineering famine,” saying that aid deliveries in recent days amounted to less than 5% of the population’s needs amid the total collapse of the health system.
In total, according to the Ministry, the death toll from the Israeli occupation’s assault, which began on October 7, 2023, has climbed to 61,430, with 153,213 wounded. Since March 18, 2025, at least 9,921 people have been killed and 41,172 have been injured.
At al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, medical director Yasser Shaaban reported that about 80% of children arriving at the facility suffer from severe malnutrition, warning that shortages of medicines and medical supplies pose a serious threat to the health sector.
Outbreaks amid collapsed health sector
Mohammed Abu Salmiya, head of al-Shifa Medical Complex, said all infant incubators in Gaza have been destroyed by Israeli attacks, placing newborns’ lives at risk. He added that hospitals are no longer able to provide essential care to patients and that Gaza has entered “its worst health phase” due to the sheer number of wounded and the near-total collapse of the healthcare system.
Abu Salmiya also warned of widespread disease outbreaks caused by uncollected waste, lack of clean water, and severe shortages of basic food. He noted that numerous kidney dialysis patients are dying daily due to malnutrition and the absence of medicines and supplies needed to continue treatment.
Gaza’s Government Media Office said the death toll from botched airdrops of aid has reached 23, with 124 others injured since the start of the war, as desperate residents risk their lives to secure food.
