Gaza – Zaytoun News
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 62,263, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 157,365 others have also been injured.
This toll remains incomplete, as many victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to ambulance and rescue crews.
Palestinian Medical sources confirmed that since Israel broke its ceasefire agreement and resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025, at least 10,717 civilians have been killed, and 45,324 others have been injured.
The number of aid seekers who were killed and brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours has reached 24, with more than 133 others injured. This raises the total number of aid seekers killed while trying to secure basic necessities to 2,060, with over 15,197 injured, according to hospital records.
Sources stated that 71 bodies and 251 injured individuals were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 24 hours.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded two new deaths over the past 24 hours due to starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of fatalities from starvation and malnutrition to 273, including 112 children.
European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, said that famine is a reality in the Gaza Strip, as confirmed by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, stressing that, “People are dying from starvation.”
In a post on X, she said, “By the end of Sept, almost 1 in 3 people could face famine. This is a race against time.”
She urged Israel to allow unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access to all people in need in the Strip.
fron his side, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy stressed that the confirmation of famine in Gaza City and the surrounding neighborhood is utterly horrifying and wholly preventable.
The Foreign Secretary has issued a statement in response to the famine declared in the Gaza Governorate as determined by the Famine Review Committee, stating, “The Israeli government’s refusal to allow sufficient aid into Gaza has caused this man-made catastrophe. This is a moral outrage.”
The UK Foreign Secretary added, “The Israeli government must allow the UN and international NGOs to carry out their life-saving work without obstruction. Aid must reach those in need urgently and without delay.”
“We desperately need an immediate ceasefire to enable aid delivery at maximum speed and at the scale required. This includes halting the military operation in Gaza City, which is the epicentre of the famine.”
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