29-07-2025
Israeli Strikes Kill 30 as Trump Acknowledges Starvation in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 30 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children, in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
This comes hours after the US President, Donald Trump, acknowledged that many people in Gaza are starving, vowing to establish food centers to provide humanitarian assistance to the devastated enclave. Killing Civilians
On Tuesday, the Gaza Civil Defense Agency said that at least 30 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the central Nuseirat district, reported AFP.
According to the civil defense's spokesman, Mahmud Bassal, the Israeli strikes took place overnight and into the morning. They targeted 'a number of citizens' homes' in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Meanwhile, the local Al-Awda hospital said it had received the bodies of 30 Palestinians, including 14 women and 12 children. Starvation in Gaza
Trump on Monday acknowledged the starvation in Gaza, saying that Israel could do more on humanitarian access, according to Reuters.
The US President's comments came as famine spreads across Gaza and several hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). US President Donald Trump
During his visit to Scotland, Trump said that Israel assumes a lot of responsibility for aid flows, suggesting that many people could be saved. 'You have a lot of starving people,' Trump said.
'We're going to set up food centers,' to ease access, he said, adding that the US would collaborate with other countries to provide more humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, including food and sanitation.
More details on the food centers would be revealed soon, according to a White House spokesperson. Opposing Views
With these remarks, Trump seems to be at odds with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who dismissed reports about starvation in Gaza.
'There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation in Gaza, and I assure you that we have a commitment to achieve our war goals,' he posted on X on Monday.
'We will continue to fight till we achieve the release of our hostages and the destruction of Hamas' military and governing capabilities,' he added.
Later on Monday, however, Netanyahu's office issued a statement saying that Israel 'will continue to work with international agencies as well as the US and European nations to ensure that large amounts of humanitarian aid flows into the Gaza Strip.' Famine Unfolding
Starvation and malnutrition are claiming more lives in Gaza, as the death toll from war is nearing 60,000, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. It said on Monday that at least 14 people had died in the past 24 hours of starvation and malnutrition, bringing the war's death toll from hunger to 147, including 88 children. Gaza
Similarly, the World Food Program (WFP) said that around 47,000 Gazans are facing famine-like conditions, including 90,000 women and children in need of urgent nutrition treatments.
Meanwhile, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed monitor, warned on Tuesday that the 'worst-case scenario of famine' is 'now unfolding' in Gaza, reported AFP. Tactical Pauses
Under increasing international pressure to prevent famine in Gaza, Israel on Sunday announced 'tactical pauses' to fighting across three areas in Gaza: Muwasi, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm local time to allow aid delivery.
It also announced other measures including the resumption of airdrops into Gaza and establishing safe corridors for aid convoys. However, humanitarian groups have criticized aid airdrops as expensive, inefficient and dangerous for those on the ground. Insufficient Aid Flows
On Tuesday, the IPC said airdrops 'will not be enough to reverse the humanitarian catastrophe.' It added that only 'immediate, unimpeded' humanitarian access into Gaza can stop rapidly rising 'starvation and death.' Aid truck entering Gaza
Furthermore, the WFP said that 60 aid trucks had been dispatched but they are still short of the needed target. 'Our target at the moment, every day is to get 100 trucks into Gaza,' the WFP Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe, Samer AbdelJaber, told Reuters.
The WFP also said it has 170,000 metric tons of food ready outside Gaza, enough to feed the Strip's entire population for three months, once it secures the permission to enter the enclave.
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