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Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- Health
- Al Jazeera
Israeli strikes kill 63 in Gaza despite ‘pauses' as hunger crisis deepens
Israeli forces killed at least 63 people across Gaza hours after the military announced it would begin 'pausing' attacks for 10 hours daily in some areas to allow humanitarian aid to pass through. On Sunday, the Israeli army said it would temporarily halt military activity each day from 10am to 8pm (07:00-17:00 GMT) in parts of central and northern Gaza, including al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah and Gaza City. It also pledged to open designated aid corridors for food and medical convoys between 6am and 11pm. But hours into the first day of the 'humanitarian pauses' Israeli air raids resumed. 'There was an air strike on Gaza City, and this is one of the areas that was designated as a safe area and where the Israeli forces are going to halt their military operations,' Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary reported from Deir el-Balah. 'According to Palestinians in that area a bakery was targeted.' The bombardment comes as global outcry grows over the worsening humanitarian disaster in Gaza inflicted by Israel. Famine deaths rise Gaza's Health Ministry reported six more Palestinians, including two children, died from hunger-related causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the number of starvation deaths to 133 since October 2023. Among the dead was 5-month-old Zainab Abu Haleeb who succumbed to malnutrition at Nasser Hospital. 'Three months inside the hospital and this is what I get in return, that she is dead,' said her mother Israa Abu Haleeb as the child's father cradled her small body wrapped in a white shroud. The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Sunday that one in three Gaza residents had gone days without eating, and nearly 500,000 people are suffering from 'famine-like conditions'. The World Health Organization also warned last week more than 20 percent of pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished. Falestine Ahmed, a mother in Gaza, told Al Jazeera she had lost one-third of her body weight due to the lack of food. 'I used to weigh 57kg, now I weigh 42kg, and both my son and I have been diagnosed with severe malnutrition,' she said. 'We barely have any food at home, and even when it's available, it's far too expensive for us to afford.' Israel has authorised new corridors for aid, and the United Arab Emirates and Jordan have airdropped supplies into the territory. However, deliveries have been fraught with danger. Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reported that one aid drop turned deadly: 'Eleven people were reported with injuries, as one of these pallets fell directly on tents in that displacement site near al-Rasheed road.' Despite the mounting evidence of extreme hunger, Israel continues to deny famine exists in Gaza. The Israeli military insists it is working to improve humanitarian access. But scenes of desperation contradict official claims. 'I've come all this way, risking my life for my children. They haven't eaten for a week,' said Smoud Wahdan, a mother searching for flour speaking to Al Jazeera. 'At the very least, I've been looking for a piece of bread for my children.' Another displaced mother, Tahani, said her cancer-stricken child was among those suffering. 'I came to get flour, to look for food to feed my children. I wish God's followers would wake up and see all these people. They are dying.' Aid groups overwhelmed Liz Allcock, head of protection for Medical Aid for Palestinians, told Al Jazeera that she had never seen Gaza in such a state. 'The scale of starvation and the number of people that you see walking around who are literally skin and bones… money really has no value here when there is nothing to buy,' she said. 'All of Gazan society – no matter who they are – is suffering from critical food shortages,' she added, warning that a quarter of the population was at risk of acute malnutrition. The United Nations says aid deliveries can only succeed if Israel approves rapid movement of convoys through its checkpoints. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher noted that while some restrictions appeared to have eased, the scale of the crisis required far more action. 'This is progress, but vast amounts of aid are needed to stave off famine and a catastrophic health crisis,' he said. Diplomatic pressure builds French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he had discussed the Gaza situation with his Turkish and Egyptian counterparts and plans to co-host a conference in New York next week focused on securing a two-state solution. 'We cannot accept that people, including large numbers of children, die of hunger,' he said. Macron confirmed France would soon recognise Palestinian statehood, joining over 140 UN member states. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in an interview that Israel's blockade of aid amounts to a violation of 'humanity and morality.' 'Quite clearly, it is a breach of international law to stop food being delivered, which was a decision that Israel made in March,' he told ABC News. However, he added that Australia was not ready to recognise Palestine 'imminently'. In Washington, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ceasefire talks led by Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff were making 'a lot of progress'. 'We're optimistic and hopeful that any day now, we will have a ceasefire agreement,' Rubio told Fox News, suggesting that half the remaining Israeli captives may be released soon. The Gaza Health Ministry said 88 Palestinians were killed and 374 injured in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours alone. Since Israel's war on Gaza began in October, at least 59,821 Palestinians have been killed and more than 144,000 wounded. Despite talk of pauses and diplomacy, the violence continues to escalate.
LBCI
3 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Israel's army announces 'tactical pause' in parts of Gaza
The Israeli army announced on Sunday a "tactical pause" in military operations in some parts of Gaza for humanitarian purposes. "The pause will begin in the areas where the Israeli military is not operating: Al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah, and Gaza City, every day until further notice," it said in a statement on Telegram. Designated secure routes would be in place for the safe passage of humanitarian convoys, it added. AFP
Al Bawaba
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Israel pauses military operations in parts of Gaza
Published July 27th, 2025 - 05:48 GMT ALBAWABA - The Israeli army announced on Sunday morning that it will implement a "tactical pause" in military operations in some areas in Gaza, Avichay Adraee, the spokesperson of the army, said. "The pause will begin in the areas where the IDF (Israeli military) is not operating: Al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah, and Gaza City, every day until further notice," Adraee posted in a statement on his official X account. The tactical suspension of military operations in the chosen areas will last from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (local time). #عاجل ‼️إعلان هام إلى سكان قطاع غزة⭕️يواصل جيش الدفاع العمل ضد المنظمات الإرهابية في كل أنحاء قطاع غزة. ⭕️في اطار الخطوات التي تقرر اتخاذها لتحسين الاستجابة الإنسانية في قطاع غزة نعلن عن تعليق تكتيكي محلي للأعمال العسكرية في مناطق محددة لأغراض إنسانية وذلك من الساعة العاشرة… — افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) July 27, 2025 The army spokesperson said: "We confirm that the fighting will not stop except in the designated areas, and the Defense Army will continue its operations, clearing and neutralizing the areas it operates in from terrorist infrastructure and terrorist elements. " The army will also organize safe routes for the passage of humanitarian aid trucks into the strip, the army revealed via Telegram. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Free Malaysia Today
22-07-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
WHO says its staff residence, warehouse in central Gaza ‘attacked'
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Israel's evacuation order in Deir el-Balah affected several WHO premises, crippling health operations in Gaza. (EPA Images pic) GENEVA : The World Health Organization decried Israeli attacks Monday on its staff residence and its main warehouse in the central Gaza city of Deir el-Balah. 'WHO's staff residence in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, was attacked three times today as well as its main warehouse,' the UN health agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. 'Israeli military entered the premises, forcing women and children to evacuate on foot toward Al-Mawasi (in southern Gaza) amid active conflict,' he said, adding that 'male staff and family members were handcuffed, stripped, interrogated on the spot and screened at gunpoint'. Tedros said that 32 WHO staff and family members had been evacuated to the agency's office once access became possible. At the same time, two WHO staff and two family members were detained, he said, and while three were later released, 'one staff remains in detention'. 'WHO demands the immediate release of the detained staff and protection of all its staff,' he insisted. His comments came as Deir el-Balah faced intense shelling after Israel's military on Sunday ordered residents to leave, warning of imminent action in an area where it had not previously operated. 'The latest evacuation order in Deir el-Balah has affected several WHO premises, compromising our ability to operate in Gaza and pushing the health system further towards collapse,' Tedros warned. He highlighted that WHO's main warehouse located in Deir al Balah was 'within the evacuation zone, and was damaged yesterday (Sunday) when an attack caused explosions and a fire inside'. This was deepening an already dire crisis, Tedros warned. 'With the main warehouse nonfunctional and the majority of medical supplies in Gaza depleted, WHO is severely constrained in adequately supporting hospitals, emergency medical teams and health partners, already critically short on medicines, fuel, and equipment,' he said. The WHO chief said his agency was urgently calling on its member states 'to help ensure a sustained and regular flow of medical supplies into Gaza'. 'As the lead agency for health, compromising WHO's operations is crippling the entire health response in Gaza,' he said. 'A ceasefire is not just necessary, it is overdue.'
Arab News
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Israeli evacuation order in central Gaza ‘devastating' to aid efforts: UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States: An Israeli military order for residents and displaced people in Gaza's Deir el-Balah area to move south dealt 'another devastating blow' to humanitarian efforts in the war-ravaged territory, the UN's OCHA aid agency said on Sunday. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 'warns that today's mass displacement order issued by the Israeli military has dealt yet another devastating blow to the already fragile lifelines keeping people alive across the Gaza Strip,' it said in a statement.
