{"id":22292,"date":"2025-07-26T06:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=22292"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:53:18","slug":"mass-starvation-spreading-across-gaza-aid-agencies-warn-as-israeli-government-says-it-is-not-responsible-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=22292","title":{"rendered":"Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as Israeli government says it is not responsible \u2013 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say \u2018our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Updated&nbsp;3d ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6881138c8f0889d810c83979#block-6881138c8f0889d810c83979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T16:55:14.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Here is a summary of today&#8217;s events so far:<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880edf08f08a3584ceb8ab5#block-6880edf08f08a3584ceb8ab5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T14:15:23.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Irish deputy PM calls Gaza starvation &#8216;an affront to our collective humanity&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880e6568f08a3584ceb8a52#block-6880e6568f08a3584ceb8a52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T13:49:38.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Israeli government says it is not responsible for &#8216;famine&#8217; in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#block-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T12:59:21.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>France says Gaza famine &#8216;result of&#8217; Israel blockade<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880cc688f086020c423eb1e#block-6880cc688f086020c423eb1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T11:56:54.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Summary of the day so far<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880c4dd8f0850cbc8be574e#block-6880c4dd8f0850cbc8be574e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T11:28:02.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Civil defence agency says 17 killed from Israeli strikes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880b6a98f0850cbc8be5681#block-6880b6a98f0850cbc8be5681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T10:25:17.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Health ministry records 10 new deaths from malnutrition in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880956f8f086020c423e87b#block-6880956f8f086020c423e87b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T08:04:00.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Israeli strikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza, health authorities say<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6880835b8f08bb44d8557f75#block-6880835b8f08bb44d8557f75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T06:45:50.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>Opening summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-688084458f086020c423e7fa#block-688084458f086020c423e7fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T06:45:50.000Z\">3d ago<\/time>More than 100 aid organisations warn of &#8216;mass starvation&#8217; in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"21ea6687-41fe-428e-83c8-e8189e8119f7\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/48e06f036780e6138e6d5c7af258012f4a46f5d0\/458_92_4844_3875\/master\/4844.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"A one-and-a-half-year-old child in Gaza facing life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A one-and-a-half-year-old child in Gaza facing life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade.&nbsp;Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/charlie-moloney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Moloney<\/a>&nbsp;(now) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/joe-coughlan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Coughlan<\/a>&nbsp;(earlier)Wed 23 Jul 2025 19.08 CESTShare<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false#maincontent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newest<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Previous<\/a><strong>2<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>4<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880c15a8f086020c423ea5e&amp;filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-68809db18f086020c423e8a8&amp;filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oldest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880e38c8f0889d810c83677#block-6880e38c8f0889d810c83677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T13:35:38.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>15.35&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iranian forces<\/strong>&nbsp;confronted a&nbsp;<strong>US destroyer<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>the Gulf of Oman<\/strong>&nbsp;on Wednesday, warning it to stay out of waters claimed by Tehran, state television reported Thursday \u2013 a month after US strikes on the Islamic republic, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Iranian army helicopter flew over the USS Fitzgerald at about 10.00am (06.30am UK time) after the vessel \u201cattempted to approach the waters under the supervision\u201d of Iran, the broadcaster said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The destroyer issued threats of its own, state TV said, adding however that \u201cthe Iranian pilot firmly continued the mission and reiterated the warning to stay away from Iranian waters\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian forces then urged the US ship to \u201calter its course southward\u201d, forcing it to \u201cgive in\u201d and turn away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no immediate comment from the US Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian forces have a history of confronting US forces in the Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest confrontation comes after US strikes on 22 June targeted Iran\u2019s nuclear sites during a 12-day war with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>.Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880df948f08a5a896f1a11a#block-6880df948f08a5a896f1a11a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T13:23:36.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>15.23&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the latest photos of&nbsp;<strong>Gaza<\/strong>&nbsp;coming to us through the wires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"2424a346-2a32-43f8-b5b0-1c470a719593\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/bac5ea9a606375d0ab21908a1cbf54afe8a38aaa\/858_0_4529_3623\/master\/4529.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"A Palestinian inspects the damage on houses destroyed during an Israeli military operation, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Palestinian inspects the damage on houses destroyed during an Israeli military operation, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, 23 July 2025.&nbsp;Photograph: Hatem Khaled\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"414ad1a4-e065-48e9-9000-40fd07e1ff85\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/dee2a7e3703812d575cf61801bbe180d81ef8d94\/340_0_4234_3387\/master\/4234.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Palestinians mourn by the body of a casualty of Israeli strikes at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on July 23, 2025.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Palestinians mourn by the body of a casualty of Israeli strikes at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on Wednesday.&nbsp;Photograph: Majdi Fathi\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"8331d2c7-6a31-4f6f-a781-b83970fd8a3a\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c2f14d6628193ff6a974c99910dbe3bd5dbe430a\/855_0_4392_3513\/master\/4392.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Seela Barbakh, an 11-month-old Palestinian girl who is malnourished, according to medics, has her arm held by her mother, Najah, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 23 July 2025.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seela Barbakh, an 11-month-old Palestinian girl who is malnourished, according to medics, has her arm held by her mother, Najah, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.&nbsp;Photograph: Ramadan Abed\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"21a62ece-b2ef-4937-9fd2-d0b38d314106\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5b967548f8535f8c8cde1b5afb3ccf2038239211\/86_0_4807_3847\/master\/4807.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, 23 July 2025.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, on Wednesday.&nbsp;Photograph: Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880ddb98f08a5a896f1a0f9#block-6880ddb98f08a5a896f1a0f9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T13:09:36.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>15.09&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunisian president&nbsp;<strong>Kais Saied<\/strong>&nbsp;presented US counterpart Donald Trump\u2019s senior Africa adviser with photographs of&nbsp;<strong>starving children in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;an official video of their meeting posted late Tuesday showed, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saied told US envoy&nbsp;<strong>Massad Boulos,<\/strong>&nbsp;who is also the father-in-law of Trump\u2019s daughter Tiffany, that \u201cit is time for all of humanity to wake up and put an end to these crimes against the Palestinian people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe you know these images well,\u201d Saied was seen telling the envoy as he showed a photograph of what he described as \u201ca child crying, eating sand in occupied Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saied showed Boulos several more images, saying that Palestinians in Gaza were subjected to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely unacceptable,\u201d Saied was heard saying as Boulos stood silently, occasionally nodding. \u201cIt is a crime against all of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After his visit to Tunisia, Boulos flew on to the Libyan capital Tripoli on Wednesday, Tunisian media reported.Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#block-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T12:59:21.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>14.59&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">France says Gaza famine &#8216;result of&#8217; Israel blockade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>France has said the risk of famine in Gaza is a \u201cresult of\u201d Israel\u2019s blockade, in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrance strongly condemns the extension of the Israeli offensive to the centre of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>, where evacuation orders have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of people in Deir el-Balah and are hampering the work of numerous United Nations agencies and international NGOs,\u201d the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrance condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli shootings targeting Palestinians in Gaza attempting to obtain humanitarian aid, which have killed more than 1,000 people in the past two months, according to the UN,\u201d it said.Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Updated at&nbsp;15.01 CEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880d8d48f0865fc1857d8b1#block-6880d8d48f0865fc1857d8b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T12:43:02.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>14.43&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Iranian satellite will be launched into space on Friday on a Russia Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia\u2019s Far East, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday.Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880d3418f08eef0dd8239a1#block-6880d3418f08eef0dd8239a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T12:21:45.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>14.21&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official familiar with ceasefire negotiations between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>&nbsp;and Hamas said a top adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron Dermer, was travelling to Rome to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday to discuss the state of the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official spoke to AP on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US officials said Witkoff planned to head to Europe this week. The State Department spokesperson said he was headed to the Middle East in a sign that momentum may be building toward a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"4959afeb-029f-4d84-927d-bc37e3582640\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3020a30d21e229032b5ff61b10b88955b2c254f1\/0_0_4587_3058\/master\/4587.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from right, attends a meeting as Netanyahu's wife Sara Netanyahu, Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Israel's National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Israel's Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs listen in the Blue Room of the White House.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From right, Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu&#8217;s wife Sara Netanyahu, Israel&#8217;s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Israel&#8217;s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Israel&#8217;s Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs.&nbsp;Photograph: Alex Brandon\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880d2d18f0856b453e4fbd8#block-6880d2d18f0856b453e4fbd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T12:18:01.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>14.18&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza has killed 59,219 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamas\u2019s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which sparked the war, resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880cc688f086020c423eb1e#block-6880cc688f086020c423eb1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T11:56:54.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>13.56&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of the day so far<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>More than 100 aid organisations warned on Wednesday that \u201cmass starvation\u201c was spreading in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>A statement with 115 signatories, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Save the Children and Oxfam, warned that \u201cour colleagues and those we serve are wasting away\u201d. The groups called for an immediate negotiated ceasefire, the opening of all land crossings and the free flow of aid through UN-led mechanisms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 21 people late Tuesday and early Wednesday.\u00a0<\/strong>More than half of those killed were women and children, health authorities said. Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday alone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hospitals in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>\u00a0have recorded 10 new deaths on Wednesday due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, according to the territory\u2019s health ministry.\u00a0<\/strong>It said in a statement on Telegram that the total number of deaths due to famine and malnutrition in Gaza had now risen to 111.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The US said on Tuesday that a top envoy will travel to Europe for talks on a ceasefire and finalising an aid \u201ccorridor\u201d for war-ravaged Gaza, where authorities said people are dying of starvation.\u00a0<\/strong>Steve Witkoff, president Donald Trump\u2019s globe-trotting negotiator, will head this week to a European destination for talks on Gaza, according to US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned Yemen\u2019s Iran-backed Houthi rebels for deadly attacks that sank two commercial vessels this month, calling them violations of the laws of war.\u00a0<\/strong>The Houthis struck the Magic Seas and Eternity C cargo ships in the Red Sea, part of a campaign against maritime traffic they accuse of having links to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>, launched over the Gaza war.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>News agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has called on Israel to allow the immediate evacuation of its freelance contributors and their families from the Gaza Strip, a day after they warned that they were struggling to work due to starvation.\u00a0<\/strong>In a statement, the French news agency said its freelancers faced an \u201cappalling situation\u201d in Gaza. A 21-month war with Israel has devastated the territory, a conflict triggered by Hamas\u2019s deadly attack on Israel in October 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880ca178f08bb44d8558259#block-6880ca178f08bb44d8558259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T11:46:28.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>13.46&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you missed it, the Guardian published an article yesterday on the journey&nbsp;<strong>Palestinians<\/strong>&nbsp;face when attempting to receive aid in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the&nbsp;<strong>Gaza Humanitarian Foundation<\/strong>&nbsp;in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the full article here:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/jul\/22\/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became \u2018death traps\u2019 \u2013 a visual story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/jul\/22\/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/jul\/22\/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became \u2018death traps\u2019 \u2013 a visual story<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2025\/jul\/22\/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880c4dd8f0850cbc8be574e#block-6880c4dd8f0850cbc8be574e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><time datetime=\"2025-07-23T11:28:02.000Z\">3d ago<\/time><\/strong>13.28&nbsp;CEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civil defence agency says 17 killed from Israeli strikes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gaza\u2019s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as Israel\u2019s military said it was pressing on with its operations against Hamas militants, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agency spokesperson&nbsp;<strong>Mahmud Bassal<\/strong>&nbsp;told AFP that eight people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a single strike at 2.00am (11.00pm UK time on Tuesday) in&nbsp;<strong>Gaza City\u2019s Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two others died in separate strikes in the city, three in the southern town of&nbsp;<strong>Bani Suheila,<\/strong>&nbsp;and four near a food distribution centre in&nbsp;<strong>central Gaza,<\/strong>&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"bbf1d2e9-2bce-44c1-8ca1-2bf3197c7750\"><a class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd#img-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/225a7563e399521d4c7c908b1a4b05ab202d0d7b\/351_0_4500_3600\/master\/4500.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City, 23 July 2025.\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City, 23 July 2025.&nbsp;Photograph: Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify tolls and details provided by the civil defence agency and other parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2025\/jul\/23\/israel-gaza-war-aid-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-middle-east-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6880dc518f0856887a2042bd\" target=\"_blank\" 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