On the 688th day of Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, and Day 181 since the Israeli resumption of the genocide following a mediated ceasefire deal, Israeli occupation forces killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across the devastated coastal enclave.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced the death of 8 citizens, including a child, as a result of famine and malnutrition, recorded by Gaza Strip hospitals, during the past 24 hours.
Medical sources reported that the total number of victims of famine and malnutrition rose to 289 starved to death, including 115 children.
Since March 2, 2025, the occupation authorities have closed all crossings with the Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of most food and medical aid, causing famine to spread within the Gaza Strip.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 62,686 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 157,951 others, in an incomplete toll, as a number of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews are unable to reach them.
On Sunday, Irish President Michael Higgins called for the formation of a UN force to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Gaza Strip. Higgins called on the UN to activate Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, which authorizes the Secretary-General, with the approval of a certain percentage of members of the United Nations General Assembly, to call for the formation of a force to ensure the arrival of humanitarian aid, even if the UN Security Council opposes it by using its veto (veto).
Higgins described the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a “tragic period” in world history. He said: “We are at an exceptional moment, as there are three members of the Israeli government who do not care about international law and openly violate it”.
The following attacks by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians were documented on Sunday, August 24, 2025:
11:20 pm
Three citizens, including a girl, were martyred this Sunday evening in a bombing by the Israeli occupation forces on Gaza City.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that the bombing targeted a residential apartment near the Abdel Aal intersection on Al-Galaa Street in the city.
In this context, the Israeli occupation forces carried out excavations and bulldozing in the vicinity of the Dawla area, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and penetrated Murtaja’s land inside the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of the city.
For its part, local sources in the Gaza Strip reported that the occupation destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in the Al-Zaytoun and Al-Sabra neighborhoods in Gaza City during the past 18 days.
Despite limited equipment, civil defense teams rescue a child alive and recover 3 bodies after an Israeli airstrike hit a home in the Al-Karama area, north of Gaza City, while several others remain missing under the rubble.
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A baby is visibly in shock after being rescued from rubble after an Israeli attack in the Karama area in northern Gaza:
9:00 pm
Seven citizens were killed and dozens of others were injured on Sunday evening by Israeli occupation forces’ fire in the northern and central Gaza Strip.
Medical sources reported that six citizens were killed and eighty-six others were injured as a result of the occupation targeting those waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip, noting that the injured and the bodies of the killed were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital.
One was killed, and a number of others were injured when the occupation targeted aid seekers east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
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Four citizens were killed and others were injured, Sunday evening, after an occupation march bombed a displaced persons tent west of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced the killing of 4 citizens, including at least two children, after bombing an occupation march in Al-Qadisiyah camp, west of Khan Yunis.
Six citizens were also killed and others were injured after Israeli artillery shelled citizens’ homes around Al-Qayed Street in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
Israeli occupation forces detonated booby-trapped robots in Al-Zarqa Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza:
12:30 pm
Three citizens were killed in the Israeli occupation’s bombing of the Jabalia al-Nazla area in the northern Gaza Strip, and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
Local sources reported that the occupation targeted Jabalia al-Nazla in the northern Gaza Strip, killing a woman and wounding others.
Ambulance and emergency sources added that several citizens were killed in the occupation’s bombing of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City
Several casualties were reported this morning, including children, as Israeli occupation soldiers attacked aid seekers near Khan Younis.
Journalist Ibrahim al Khalili reports on the deteriorating health condition of 7-year-old May Abu Arar, who is suffering from malnutrition as a direct result of the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
Palestinian Fathi Abu Mazeed, was killed in the Israeli targeting of aid distribution personnel and aid seekers eastern Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
UPDATED FROM:
10:07 AM REPORT
Warplanes bombed residential areas in Gaza City, while ground forces detonated homes in various districts.
In the most recent update at the time of this report, a Palestinian woman was killed, and several residents were injured in an Israeli bombing of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
Earlier, two Palestinians were also killed and several others injured in a similar attack against humanitarian aid-seeking Palestinians in the same area.
🚨BREAKING: Gaza is under a massive Israeli attack right now. Local sources say Israel is using chemical agents, residents report severe burning sensations when they breathe. pic.twitter.com/IcMzm5SLBD
— Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) August 24, 2025
Also, two Palestinians were killed and several others injured by Israeli army fire while awaiting humanitarian aid near a distribution center north of Rafah, in Gaza’s southernmost part.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, 33 civilians were killed over the past 24 hours, many of them targeted inside tents and near aid distribution centers, in addition to dozens of injuries.
Israeli forces continued to wire, detonate, and demolish homes and buildings across the city.
In central Gaza, 38-year-old Majdi Sabri Fathi al-Sha’er was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah.
In Gaza City, several civilians were injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a displacement tent in the Saraya area of al-Rimal neighborhood.
Twelve Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours in northwest Gaza, including journalist Khaled al-Madhoun, a camera operator for Palestine TV.
A video shows the moment an ambulance was targeted by Israeli airstrikes in a crowded marketplace in November 2023. pic.twitter.com/VqiztA7Bs9
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) August 23, 2025
Israeli forces also shelled homes in the Sabra neighborhood. Additional injuries were reported following artillery shelling in al-Sudaniyya, northwest Gaza.
In Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, Israeli forces detonated explosive-laden robots in the center of the residential area.
In addition, two siblings, Awad and Nadine Ihsan Saadallah, were killed in an Israeli strike near Hamza Mosque in Jabalia an-Nazla.
Furthermore, Israeli occupation forces announced that Brigade 401 has resumed combat operations in Jabalia.
The military claimed its renewed campaign is aimed at targeting Hamas infrastructure both above and below ground.
According to the statement, Israeli forces are working to expand the scope of fighting in Jabalia, asserting that their operations are designed to prevent Palestinian resistance fighters from regrouping or returning to the area.
The announcement comes amid intensified military assaults across northern Gaza, where residential neighborhoods have been repeatedly bombed and civilian casualties continue to mount.
According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, military officials have warned the government that the complete destruction of Gaza City, above and below ground, would require more than a year, similar to the scale of devastation inflicted on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
The plan presented by General Zamir reportedly allows for halting military operations if a ceasefire agreement is reached with Hamas.
Military sources emphasized their support for exhausting negotiations aimed at securing the release of the largest possible number of Israeli captives before launching a full-scale assault on Gaza City.
However, the sources expressed concern that any renewed offensive could endanger the captives, revealing ongoing disagreements between military leadership and political authorities over the timing and scope of the attack.
In #Gaza, classrooms have become shelters. #Famine shadows every lesson.
Yet, this year tens of thousands of children were reached with learning thanks to UNRWA teachers who never stopped working.
Join UNRWA’s Keep Us Learning campaign to support education for Palestine Refugee… pic.twitter.com/kaiKvbBD6F
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 24, 2025
Separately, CNN quoted an Israeli military official admitting that the army lacks accurate intelligence on the number of Hamas fighters currently present in Gaza City.
The official also acknowledged that Hamas’s tunnel network is far more complex than previously anticipated.
A UN-backed food security body has declared parts of Gaza are officially suffering from a famine created by Israel.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) says 12,000 Palestinian children are acutely malnourished. pic.twitter.com/mTq420mN7p
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 22, 2025
According to Gaza’s health authorities, 67 Palestinians were killed, including 24 individuals seeking humanitarian aid, and 308 injured in the past 24 hours alone.
Health officials noted that 298 additional fatalities were added to the cumulative toll after their identities were verified by the judicial committee overseeing missing persons and death notifications.
The total number of Palestinians killed while seeking food and assistance to is now at least 2,076, with over 15,308 injured.
Gaza’s hospitals also recorded eight new deaths due to starvation and malnutrition, including two children. The total number of famine-related deaths has now reached 281, among them 114 children.
Between March 18, 2025, when Israel violated the mediated ceasefire deal, and Sunday, the number of Palestinians killed stands at 10,778, with 45,632 injured.
The cumulative death toll from Israel’s genocidal campaign since October 7, 2023, has reached more than 62,622 killed and at least 157,673 injured, the majority of whom are children, women, and elderly.
