Israeli strikes kill 88 Palestinians in 24 hours as Gaza faces catastrophic hunger crisis
By bellecarter // 2025-07-16
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  • Israeli airstrikes killed 88 Palestinians in Gaza within 24 hours, including at least 12 children, targeting homes, refugee camps and aid seekers. Over 58,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, with entire families wiped out in attacks like the one in Tel al-Hawa that killed 19 people.
  • The UN warns of soaring malnutrition rates under Israel's blockade, with acute child malnutrition doubling since March (now 10.2 percent). Anemia affects 72.8 percent of children under two and 31 percent suffer stunting conditions exacerbated by food shortages and destroyed agricultural land.
  • Israeli forces have killed at least 844 Palestinians since May while they attempted to access food, including six in the past 24 hours. Witnesses describe live fire dispersing crowds at U.S.-backed aid distribution sites. The UN reports 875 aid-related deaths in six weeks.
  • Gaza's hospitals, refugee camps and civilian infrastructure are nearing total collapse under relentless bombardment. Strikes like the one on Shati refugee camp – which killed a Hamas official and a family of eight – have left hundreds of thousands at risk of famine.
  • Despite UN warnings of famine, ethnic cleansing and potential death tolls reaching 600,000 from indirect causes (disease, starvation), international responses remain ineffective. The U.S. continues military support as Gaza faces annihilation with no end in sight to Israel's blockade and violence.
Israeli airstrikes killed 88 Palestinians in Gaza over 24 hours, including at least 12 children, as the United Nations warned of soaring malnutrition rates due to Israel's blockade. The latest bombardment struck homes, refugee camps and aid seekers, compounding a humanitarian catastrophe that has left hundreds of thousands at risk of famine. This escalation reflects Israel's ongoing military campaign – backed by the U.S. – which has now killed over 58,000 Palestinians since October 2023 and pushed Gaza's infrastructure to collapse. Officials at Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital reported that an Israeli strike demolished a building in the Shati refugee camp, killing a 68-year-old Hamas legislative official, Mohammed Faraj al-Ghoul, along with a family of eight sheltering inside. Another attack in Gaza City's Tel al-Hawa district wiped out 19 members of a single household, including eight women and six children. The Israeli military did not comment on these strikes but has repeatedly claimed it targets only militants – an assertion contradicted by the high civilian death toll and UN documentation. At least six Palestinians were killed and 29 wounded while trying to access food over the past day, bringing the total aid-related deaths to 844 since May, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Witnesses describe Israeli forces firing live ammunition to disperse crowds near aid distribution sites run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The UN reports higher figures – 875 deaths in six weeks – citing hospital records and survivor testimonies. Israel blames aid delays on the UN, but agencies say military restrictions and lawlessness hinder distribution. (Related: Gaza food hubs are being used to carry out WAR CRIMES: Nearly 800 Palestinians DEAD from Israeli death traps.)

Malnutrition among Gaza's children has doubled since Israel tightened its blockade in March

UN agencies warn that malnutrition among Gaza's children has doubled since March, when Israel tightened its blockade. Nearly 10.2 percent of children screened by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in June were acutely malnourished, up from 5.5 percent in March. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) documented 5,870 cases in June alone – almost triple February's numbers. "Palestinian children in Gaza suffer immense pain," warned Dr. Mads Gilbert in a UNRWA report, noting anemia rates of 72.8 percent and stunting in 31 percent of children under two. The crisis stems from Israel's 2007 blockade of Gaza after Hamas' electoral victory, a move condemned as collective punishment by human rights groups. Before the current war, UN experts estimated Israel's restrictions had already pushed 80 percent of Gazans into aid dependency. Today's violence echoes past assaults – such as the 2014 war, when Israeli strikes killed over 2,100 Palestinians, mostly civilians – but with unprecedented destruction now rendering Gaza uninhabitable, according to the UN. As Israel continues its bombardment unchecked by international action, Gaza faces annihilation. The UN warns indirect deaths – from disease, starvation and demolished hospitals – could push the toll near 600,000. With U.S. weaponry fueling the assault and global responses limited to rhetoric, Palestinians endure what officials call a "man-made disaster" with no end in sight. Watch the video below that talks about Gaza Aid workers shooting civilians. This video is from the What is happening channel on Brighteon.com.

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Sources include:

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