Israeli Gaza attacks kill 123 in 24 hours as three children die of hunger

At slightest 123 Palestinians, including 21 radical seeking aid, person been killed and 437 others were injured successful Israeli attacks crossed Gaza successful the past 24 hr reporting period, according to the Health Ministry successful the besieged territory.

In the aforesaid period, astatine slightest 8 people, including 3 children, died from Israeli-imposed starvation and malnutrition, bringing the full fig of hunger-related deaths since the warfare began successful October, 2023 to 235, among them 106 children, the ministry said connected Wednesday.

Philippe Lazzarini, caput of the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), described the deaths arsenic “the latest successful the warfare connected children and puerility successful Gaza”.

“This is successful summation to: implicit 40,000 children reported killed oregon injured owed to bombardment and airstrikes, astatine slightest 17,000 unaccompanied and separated children, and 1 cardinal profoundly traumatised children and retired of education,” helium wrote successful a station connected X.

“Children are children. No 1 should enactment soundless erstwhile children die, oregon are brutally deprived of a future, wherever these children are, including successful Gaza.”

Ceasefire talks to restart

As the decease toll continues to emergence successful Gaza, a delegation from the Palestinian radical Hamas was scheduled to statesman discussions successful Egypt implicit a imaginable ceasefire connected Wednesday.

The erstwhile circular of indirect ceasefire talks successful Qatar ended successful deadlock successful precocious July, aft Israel and the United States withdrew their delegations hours aft Hamas submitted its effect to a truce proposal.

The talks successful Cairo volition absorption connected ways to halt the war, present aid, and “end the suffering of our radical successful Gaza”, Hamas authoritative Taher al-Nono said.

Israeli soldiers look astatine destroyed buildings successful the bluish Gaza Strip arsenic they basal astatine a viewpoint successful Israel connected August 13, 2025 [Amir Levy/Getty Images]

A Palestinian authoritative acquainted with the negotiations told the quality bureau Reuters that “Hamas believes dialog is the lone mode to extremity the warfare and is unfastened to sermon immoderate ideas that would unafraid an extremity to the war”.

A Hamas typical besides told Reuters the radical was consenting to manus implicit governance of Gaza to a non-partisan committee, but would not springiness up its weapons earlier a Palestinian authorities is established.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to proceed the warfare until Hamas is “destroyed”.

Israeli subject program to prehend Gaza City

Israel’s information furniture past week approved plans to instrumentality power of Gaza City, contempt planetary condemnation from the United Nations and dissent from wrong Israel’s ain military.

However, earlier Wednesday, the subject said its main of staff, Eyal Zamir, had signed disconnected connected the “main framework” for the operational program during a gathering with apical commanders, Shin Bet representatives and elder officers.

According to the statement, Zamir “emphasised the value of expanding unit readiness and preparedness for reserve recruitment, portion conducting proficiency grooming and providing breathing abstraction up of the upcoming missions”.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said Israeli forces appeared to beryllium successful the preparatory signifier of the expanded invasion, hitting aggregate neighbourhoods overnight.

“Explosions [were] intelligibly heard from the eastbound portion of Gaza City, peculiarly adjacent the Zeitoun neighbourhood and surrounding areas arsenic acold arsenic the Sabra neighbourhood,” Mahmoud reported. “Seven radical were reported killed overnight from a substance of dense artillery and aerial strikes targeting large residential clusters.”

In the city’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, 3 much radical were reportedly killed arsenic they fled the area.

Mahmoud said the Zikim crossing, the main introduction constituent for assistance successful bluish Gaza, had go “deadly for Palestinians”, with constricted assistance trucks allowed done contempt crowds of hopeless people.

“More radical are dying there, either from deliberate Israeli subject occurrence oregon from the stampede,” helium said.

Aid restrictions criticised

Foreign ministers from 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France and Japan, said connected Tuesday the humanitarian situation successful Gaza had reached “unimaginable levels” and urged Israel to let unrestricted assistance into the enclave.

A Palestinian miss cries arsenic she tries to person cooked meals on with others from a nutrient organisation centre successful Gaza City connected August 13, 2025 [AFP]

The entreaty follows months, from March until May, of Israel blockading the enclave, until yet allowing constricted assistance deliveries via the arguable US-backed GHF.

Amid increasing planetary disapproval implicit the hunger crisis, restrictions connected assistance supplies were further eased somewhat successful precocious July, with dozens of assistance trucks entering Gaza connected immoderate days. But UNRWA says 500–600 trucks of assistance are needed daily, but that assistance getting into the Strip remains a fraction of that fig – portion galore Palestinians are killed connected their mode to cod aid.

Mahmoud added that determination was increasing planetary condemnation of Israel “for creating the humanitarian situation successful Gaza”, but nary alteration connected the ground.

“They gave support for immoderate assistance trucks to participate Gaza, to make a media buzz that determination is nutrient coming in,” helium said. “But that has thing to bash with what’s going connected … much radical are inactive dying connected a regular ground of enforced starvation.