Updated: On Thursday, Day 727 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their campaign of bombardment, home demolitions, and enforced starvation, while maintaining a blockade on humanitarian aid, killing at least 65 Palestinians and wounding dozens across the starved, besieged and destroyed coastal enclave.
Medical sources said that 65 people who were killed were taken to Gaza Strip hospitals since before dawn on Thursday, with bullets and shelling by the Israeli occupation army in several areas in the Strip, including 8 people killed while seeking aid for their starving families.
The Health Ministry added in a statement that 13 bodies were taken to Al-Shifa Medical Hospital, 6 to Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital, 1 to Al-Awda Hospital, 16 to Al-Aqsa Hospital, and 29 to Nasser Hospital.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have killed 66,225 citizens in the Gaza Strip, the majority of whom were children and women, and injured 168,938 others, according to the latest toll issued by Gaza hospitals.
Children broke down in tears after going out to fetch water, only to return and find thick smoke rising from their school in Gaza City, a shelter for them and their families, after it was attacked by the Israeli occupation army.
Entire families have been wiped out since the morning in the relentless Israeli bombardment that has struck Gaza from north to south.
Israel committed a horrific massacre against Civil Defense teams. Israeli aircrafts struck civil defense teams as they carried out rescue operations for the wounded inside Al-Falah School in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City, two days ago.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Health strongly condemned the abduction of nurse Tasneem Marwan Al-Hums, daughter of Dr. Marwan Al-Hums, the detained Director of Field Hospitals in the Gaza Strip, by a special Israeli unit while she was on her way to work at a medical point in Khan Younis this morning.
The Ministry stated, “This attack constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the protection afforded to medical personnel. We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for her safety, demand disclosure of her fate, and call on the international community to urgently intervene to stop these violations and ensure the protection of healthcare workers and their families.”
UNRWA has warned that Israel’s labeling of roughly 250,000 civilians still trapped in Gaza City and northern Gaza as “terrorists or terror supporters” signals preparations for large-scale massacres.
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini condemned the rhetoric, saying it amounts to intent to kill “women, children, elderly and vulnerable people unable to move out.”
On October 1, Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened: “This is the last opportunity for Gaza residents who wish to do so to move south. Those who remain in Gaza will be considered terrorists and terror supporters.”
Child rescued from under the rubble:
A number of citizens were injured, including critically and seriously, as a result of the Israeli occupation army bombing areas in Gaza and Khan Yunis.
A citizen was critically injured, and a child was slightly injured, as a result of an occupation drone bombing near Al-Qubba Mosque in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and a series of raids targeted the vicinity of Land of Lemon in the area.
The occupation forces also bombed a residential apartment near the families’ bakery on Al-Wahda Street, and aircraft launched a series of raids on the Beach Camp, specifically in the vicinity of the “Ghaban” Café, west of Gaza City, resulting in several injuries among citizens.
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Hospitals across the strip received the bodies of the slain Palestinians, 12 at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, four at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, two at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza city, one at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, and one at the Al-Awda hospital In Jabalia.
One of the most critical developments was the closure of Rashid Street, a vital coastal artery linking Gaza City to the southern parts of the Strip.
The shutdown further isolates displaced communities and medical teams, compounding the humanitarian crisis.
Local sources report that Israeli attacks have intensified in recent days, with civilians bearing the brunt of the bombing amid severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
In addition, medical sources said four siblings from the Nabahin family were killed after the Israeli soldiers targeted them targeted while collecting firewood north of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Medical teams confirmed their deaths, describing the incident as one of the day’s most devastating civilian losses.
Furtehrmore, three civilians were killed and 13 others injured when Israeli forces shelled tents sheltering displaced families, in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza.
In Gaza City, a child was killed by drone fire in the Ansar area of the Rimal neighborhood, in the western part of the city.
At dawn, Israeli forces detonated four booby-trapped vehicles in the Sabra and Tel al-Hawa neighborhoods of southern Gaza City.
Artillery units also shelled the eastern outskirts of the city and targeted areas east of the Maghazi refugee camp.
A final farewell to photographer Yahya Barzeq, killed with several civilians when Israeli airstrikes struck a café in central Deir al-Balah. pic.twitter.com/q0nFrCjjVz
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) October 2, 2025
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, eight civilians were wounded when another drone strike hit a displacement tent inside the campus of Al-Aqsa University in the Mawasi district.
Airstrikes continued into the morning, hitting eastern Khan Younis and triggering large explosions, as the military campaign intensified across the enclave.
In addition, Israeli undercover soldiers kidnapped nurse Tasneem Al-Hams, the daughter of Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, director of Gaza’s field hospitals, early Thursday morning.
According to family sources, the unit infiltrated a medical point in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, where they kidnapped Tasneem.
Dr. Al-Hams himself was abducted in a similar attack last July. He is suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg and has been denied access to legal counsel by Israeli authorities.
Medical officials reported late Wednesday that 85 Palestinians had been killed in the previous 24 hours alone, underscoring the scale of the ongoing bombardment.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued a stark warning about the deteriorating conditions surrounding key medical facilities.
Access to Al-Shifa Medical Complex, Al-Quds Hospital, and Al-Helu Hospital became extremely dangerous due to ongoing military operations and nearby bombardments.
Health officials are calling on international agencies and humanitarian bodies to intervene immediately to protect medical institutions and ensure safe passage for healthcare workers and patients.
Palestinian children chase a water truck, trying to fill their buckets amid Israel’s forced starvation of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/0LdKmmHWyp
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 1, 2025
The ministry emphasized that without urgent guarantees of safety, medical services risk total collapse, leaving thousands without care amid one of the worst humanitarian crises in the region’s history.
Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General, stated that fighting in Gaza City remains intense and access to the northern part of the Strip is severely restricted.
He emphasized the urgent need for unhindered humanitarian operations, noting that many aid workers have been forced to suspend their missions due to the deteriorating security conditions.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli offensive has resulted in what Palestinian officials describe as acts of genocide. The toll stands at 66,148 dead and 168,716 wounded—most of them women and children. Famine conditions have claimed an additional 455 lives, including 151 children.
