Gaza hospitals have documented the killing of at least 85 Palestinians and the injury of dozens more in the past 24 hours, including many children and women, as Israeli occupation forces continue their relentless bombardment and ground offensive across the devastated, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military has also conducted large-scale demolitions in several neighborhoods, including Zeitoun and Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City.
Medical sources confirmed that approximately 40 bodies were transferred to the Shifa Hospital, two to Sheikh Radwan Clinic, seven to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, nine to Al-Awda Hospital, five to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, and 15 to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Among the latest attacks, four civilians were killed and others injured while waiting for humanitarian aid in the Sudaniyya area, north of Gaza city.
Another four were killed when Israeli forces bombed a café in the northern coastal area of Gaza City.
One civilian was also killed in an airstrike targeting an apartment in the Tuffah neighborhood.
Two more civilians were killed and others wounded when Israeli forces shelled a tent sheltering displaced families in Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood.
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Earlier, twelve Palestinians, including six children, were killed in two separate Israeli strikes on a tent shelter and a local bakery west of Gaza City. Seven more were killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Al-Rimal neighborhood.
Drone attacks injured several civilians in the Sabra and Zeitoun neighborhoods. Two civilians were killed in a strike near Halima Al-Saadia School, which shelters displaced families in Jabalia Al-Nazla.
A woman and her child were killed, and two others injured, in an Israeli strike on the Daoud family apartment in Al-Karama neighborhood.
Another civilian was killed in a strike on an apartment in Al-Shawa and Hosari Tower on Al-Wihda Street.
Furtehrmore, twelve civilians, including women and children, were killed in a strike on the Nasr neighborhood, densely populated with displaced families.
In recent days, large numbers of civilians have fled northeastern Gaza City toward its western areas under heavy bombardment.
Israeli artillery also killed a woman in the Zarqa area of Al-Tuffah neighborhood. Four civilians were killed in a strike on a gathering in Zeitoun, one in Sabra, and a child in a strike near a pharmacy on Al-Yarmouk Street.
In central Gaza, one civilian was killed and others injured in a strike at the entrance of Deir al-Balah on Salahuddin Street.
Five civilians waiting for aid were killed at Al-Shuhada Junction. Another civilian was killed and several injured in a strike on a gathering in Al-Bureij refugee camp.
In southern Gaza, a woman was killed west of Khan Younis, and five civilians were killed near aid distribution centers in Rafah and Khan Younis.
The Israeli military also conducted demolition operations in central and northern Khan Younis, while Israeli warships shelled Gaza’s coastline.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s hospitals have recorded ten additional deaths from starvation and severe malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including three children. The cumulative death toll from hunger-related causes has now reached 332, among them 124 children.
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Since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) formally declared famine conditions in Gaza on August 22, at least 54 additional deaths have been recorded, including nine children who succumbed to starvation.
The IPC, a global initiative involving UN agencies, regional partners, and humanitarian organizations, has verified the onset of famine in Gaza Governorate and warned of its imminent spread to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of September.
According to the IPC’s latest assessment, over 500,000 people in Gaza are enduring catastrophic conditions, classified as Phase 5, the highest level of food insecurity.
This phase is characterized by extreme hunger, elevated mortality, destitution, and critically elevated levels of acute malnutrition.
An additional 1.07 million people (54% of Gaza’s population) are facing Phase 4 conditions, defined as “Emergency” food insecurity.
Meanwhile, 396,000 individuals (20% of the population) are experiencing Phase 3, categorized as “Crisis” level.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has waged a campaign of genocide in Gaza, marked by mass killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement. These actions continue in defiance of international appeals and binding orders from the International Court of Justice demanding a halt.
The genocide has, so far, resulted in 63,371 documented fatalities, 159,835 injuries, mostly among children and women, over 9,000 missing persons, largely under rubble, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that has claimed 332 lives, including 124 children.
