On Thursday, the 671st day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, hospitals in the besieged enclave reported that Israeli forces have killed at least 46 Palestinians since dawn Thursday, including 23 individuals who were waiting for humanitarian aid.
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday the death of four citizens due to starvation and malnutrition, recorded in hospitals in the Gaza Strip, over the past 24 hours. Two children were among the dead, bringing the total number of victims of famine and malnutrition to 197, including 96 children.
Two-year-old Ruaa Mashi died in her tent in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, due to severe hunger and malnutrition.
Her death highlights the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where displaced families face extreme shortages of food and medical care amid a tightening siege and ongoing Israeli genocide.
It is noteworthy that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, due to the blockade and shortages of food and medical supplies, as the severe famine overlaps with the genocidal war waged by Israel since October 7, 2023.
Since March 2, 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities have closed all crossings with the Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of most food and medical aid, causing a famine outbreak within the Strip.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warned that malnutrition among children under the age of five doubled between March and June, as a result of the ongoing blockade.
The World Health Organization confirmed that malnutrition rates in Gaza have reached alarming levels, that the deliberate blockade and delays in aid have caused many lives lost, and that nearly one in five children under the age of five in Gaza City suffers from severe malnutrition.
A recent report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) highlights the devastating impact on Gaza’s agriculture: Only 1.5% of cropland remains intact and accessible, while 86% has been damaged.
Entire agricultural areas in Rafah and northern Gaza are completely off-limits, with nearly all farmland across the Gaza governorate similarly inaccessible.
This widespread destruction of farmland is accelerating Gaza’s worsening famine, deliberately intensified by the ongoing Israeli blockade restricting humanitarian aid.
Human Rights Watch is calling on governments to suspend arms transfers to Israel due to the clear risk of their use in serious violations of international humanitarian law.
The organization emphasized that the repeated use of U.S.-supplied weapons in strikes on schools-turned-shelters and other alleged war crimes makes the United States complicit in these unlawful acts.
Doctors Without Borders has accused Israeli forces and American contractors of carrying out both targeted and indiscriminate attacks on starving Palestinians at food distribution centers in Gaza, describing these sites as “premeditated killing zones” for civilians.
The organization stated that data analysis from two of its clinics revealed a consistent pattern of systematic violence against civilians waiting in aid lines, including direct gunfire and attacks, a deliberate policy of starvation and killing.
Doctors Without Borders called for the immediate dismantling of the GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) and urged the reactivation of the UN-coordinated aid delivery mechanism.
The following attacks by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians were documented by local sources on Thursday:
10:00 pm
Israeli aircraft launched an airstrike on the eastern areas of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
9:30 pm
Israeli settlers block the road to stop desperately needed aid trucks from reaching starving families in Gaza, while blaring music and dancing in celebration, as hunger and suffering deepen just kilometers away.
8:30 pm
Multiple Palestinians were reported injured after Israeli airstrikes targeted the Musa bin Nusayr School, which was sheltering displaced families in Al-Daraj neighborhood, Gaza City.
5:30 pm
Seven civilians, including an entire family, were killed and others wounded on Thursday in Israeli shelling of Gaza City.
Abdullah Abu Al-Jabin, his wife and four children were killed when the occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced persons near the Bir al-Saba’ Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.
A woman was killed and a citizen was seriously injured in an Israeli attack that targeted three separate homes near Al-Shawa Square in Gaza City.
4:00 pm
A Palestinian child was tragically killed on Thursday when an airdropped aid box fell directly on him in southern Gaza. Several aid organizations have warned that airdrops in Gaza are inefficient and can kill starving civilians.
Saed Abu Younis was killed while trying to retrieve airdropped aid in Khan Younis, medical sources at the Nasser Hospital confirmed.
Days ago, a nurse was also killed after an aid box fell on him directly.
Palestinian child, Taha Al-Maqadma, lost his vision after being shot by Israeli forces at an alleged American aid distribution center, central Gaza Strip.
He has also lost his father and brother during the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza.
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed the killing of their colleague, 44-year-old Ashraf Yousef, a member of the administrative services team at Al-Saraya Field Hospital. He was killed following an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians waiting for aid in the Kisufim area, east of the central Gaza Strip.
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10:33 am report:
Nine Palestinians were shot while awaiting humanitarian aid. They were killed near an aid center north of Rafah, in Gaza’s southernmost part, and four in central Gaza.
Medical sources in Gaza confirmed that six additional Palestinians, including a child, Mohammad Zakaria, have died from malnutrition.
The Director of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society in Gaza told Al-Jazeera that the Gaza Strip since at least 600 aid trucks a day to counter the spreading starvation.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, located in northern Gaza City, Israeli forces fired a missile at a residential home, killing three Palestinians and injuring several others.
When hunger reaches its extent, the moaning is no longer a moan, but a sudden sigh as if the body collapses without screaming#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/9zAhkT4DVQ
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) August 7, 2025
Sources at the Shifa Medical Center reported that four Palestinians were killed and many injured in an Israeli strike on an apartment in the Shati refugee camp, in western Gaza City.
Four Palestinians were killed and a few others wounded when an Israeli military helicopter fired a missile at an apartment in the Salhi residential building, located in the western part of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Additionally, five Palestinians were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces targeted a tent sheltering a displaced family in the at-Tal area, southwest of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, a Palestinian father, his wife, and their children were killed in an Israeli bombing that struck the western part of the city. Many others were injured and rushed to Nasser Medical Center.
Two Palestinian women were also killed when an Israeli drone bombed their tent, while a child was killed in a separate strike targeting her family’s tent in western Khan Younis.
Also in Khan Younis, six Palestinians were killed, and many wounded, in a bombing targeting a tent of a displaced family on Al-Mawasi area, west of the city. Among the slain Palestinians was 6 year old Amira Youssef Sa’adi Mansour and her mother, 32 year old Tahani Hani Abu Ghali.
The killings come amid a deepening famine. Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed the deaths of three individuals, including two young girls. The total number of deaths attributed to starvation and malnutrition has now reached 198, including 96 children, figures that reflect the systematic deprivation facing civilians.
Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is expected to issue a stark warning during a meeting of the security cabinet, cautioning against the full occupation of the Gaza Strip. He reportedly described such a move as “plunging Israel into a black hole reminiscent of Vietnam.”
Channel 12 reported that the upcoming military plan includes the full occupation of Gaza City, amid ongoing tensions between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Chief of Staff over strategic decisions in Gaza.
The Israeli occupation bans foreign journalists and aerial filming in Gaza to hide the massive, undeniable destruction that cameras would reveal.
This is the reality that Israel is desperately trying to hide: pic.twitter.com/XzroYXr2ms
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 6, 2025
According to Israeli military sources cited by Maariv, the army anticipates that following a full takeover of Gaza, it would be compelled to establish a military administration and assume responsibility for managing the affairs of approximately 2.5 million Palestinians.
Military assessments suggest that the campaign to seize control of the Gaza Strip could take at least three months and would involve extensive operations to dismantle the tunnel network.
Israeli estimates also warn that a substantial number of soldiers could be killed if the military offensive is expanded. Additionally, there are concerns that most Israeli captives in Gaza may be killed either by their captors or because of intensified airstrikes should the offensive escalate.
The army is expected to present to the political leadership today a detailed account of the potential costs Israel would incur if it proceeded with a full-scale occupation of Gaza.
“I know one meal isn’t enough, but maybe it’s enough to keep us alive.”
This is the reality for our UNRWA colleagues in #Gaza—exhausted, dizzy, and hungry, yet still serving the community. Humanitarian workers are not exempt from the suffering.
Let the UN, including UNRWA,… pic.twitter.com/kK6Ab70moB
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 7, 2025
On his part, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that more than 14,800 patients in Gaza are in urgent need of specialized medical care, calling for the acceleration of medical evacuation efforts.
In a post on the platform X, Ghebreyesus announced that the WHO facilitated the evacuation of 15 critically ill children, along with 42 of their relatives, from Gaza to Jordan earlier that morning.
He added, “Over 14,800 patients in Gaza remain in desperate need of specialized medical treatment. We urge more countries to take action to receive patients and expedite medical evacuations by all possible means.”
In addition, a European Union representative informed Reuters on Thursday that conditions in Gaza remain acutely critical from a humanitarian standpoint. The official emphasized that the lack of a secure operational environment continues to obstruct aid efforts and hinder the distribution of essential supplies.
Furthermore, Human Rights Watch has documented that Israeli military strikes have targeted more than 500 schools across the Gaza Strip since October 2023, many of which were serving as shelters for displaced families. These attacks have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians.
The organization stated that strikes on educational facilities in Gaza violate international law, regardless of any justification. It also highlighted the use of “double-tap” tactics—where initial strikes are followed by attacks on emergency responders—and reported deliberate assaults on medical personnel.
The findings indicate that the bombings were indiscriminate and involved U.S.-supplied munitions, raising serious concerns about violations of humanitarian law and the accountability of arms-exporting nations.
It is worth noting that the number of Palestinians killed while awaiting humanitarian aid has surpassed 1,655, with more than 11,800 wounded. A total of 193 Palestinians, including 96 children, have died from hunger.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed over 61,158 Palestinians, including at least 18,592 children and 12,400 women, and injured more than 151,442, most of whom are children, women, and the elderly. Thousands remain missing, many buried beneath rubble, bombed streets, and destroyed alleys across the devastated Gaza Strip.
