Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
Israeli forces killed at least 85 Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, including at least 31 aid seekers. In total, Israel has killed over 1,026 aid seekers since May 27, 2025 (learn about aid seekers here).
At least 15 Palestinians died of starvation in Gaza over the past 24 hours – including a 6-week-old baby and 3 other children – bringing the death toll from hunger and malnutrition to 101 since the start of the genocide, 89 of them children, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on July 22.
Gaza’s Government Media Office said that 1.25 million people in the enclave are currently living under catastrophic hunger. At the same time, 96 percent of the population suffers from severe food insecurity, including over one million children.
For detail on Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, go here.
GAZA NEWS & HEADLINES:
(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For a bit more critical context, skim this, this, and this.To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.)
Children will die quickly amid ‘genocidal starvation’ in Gaza, warns top famine expert
A renowned expert on famine, Professor Alex de Waal told Middle East Eye’s live show on Tuesday that the UN is not in a position to declare famine due to Israel’s obstruction of access to humanitarians and investigators to gauge the extent of hunger in Gaza.
However, he said, “it is actually relatively straightforward if you are perpetrating a famine to shut out access to essential information and then say no one has declared famine. Concealment of famine is an instrument of those who perpetrate it.”
He explained that a healthy adult will take 60 to 80 days of total deprivation of food to die of starvation. With semi-starvation, it would take a lot longer. “But children will perish much more quickly. Their small bodies waste away very, very fast.”
“Israeli actions stand out because there is no other case in modern history in which you have such minutely, precisely engineered starvation within an hour’s drive, or even less than an hour’s drive, of a fully capable international humanitarian operation ready to roll,” he told MEE (continue reading here).
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A doctor in Gaza named Nick Maynard reports that Israeli snipers are now shooting starving civilians in different body parts on different days, based on the injuries people show up with for treatment. There’s a head day, a leg day, a genitals day, etc.
“The medical teams here have also been seeing a clear pattern of people being shot in certain body parts on different days, such as the head, legs or genitals, which seems to indicate deliberate targeting,” Maynard says (continue reading here).
WHO official vows to ‘stay and deliver’ in Gaza after Israeli forces attacked agency’s premises
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday condemned attacks by Israeli forces on its staff residence and main warehouse in the central Gaza Strip, with its top official in the territory pledging the agency will continue its mission despite the risks.
WHO representative Dr. Rik Peeperkorn said Israeli forces attacked the staff residence three times on Monday, along with its main medical supply warehouse, which was clearly marked, located in an evacuation zone, and “very well known” to Israeli authorities.
Saying that the WHO’s presence is “more needed than ever,” Peeperkorn stressed, “we will definitely continue and expand, be there to stay and deliver” (continue reading here).
SMOTRICH: US OK’ED TAKEOVER, ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA: Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed on Tuesday: “We will occupy Gaza and make it an inseparable part of Israel. We have the green light from the president of the United States [Donald Trump] to turn Gaza into a prosperous strip, a resort town with employment. That’s how you make peace,” he said. “We are already talking about it” (more here).
“HONG KONG” FOR JEWISH SETTLERS WHERE GAZA ONCE WAS: On Tuesday, Israeli legislators considered a plan to displace Palestinians, bring Israeli Jews back to Gaza, and turn Gaza into the “Hong Kong of the Middle East” for illegal Jewish settlers. The proposal would dismantle what remains of Gaza’s infrastructure and rebuild it as a high-tech urban and commercial hub exclusively for Israeli settlers, with AI-driven transport networks, luxury housing, and even artificial islands off Gaza’s coast (more here).
FACT: Israel’s plan includes moving Gazans to a concentration camp, then encouraging’ “voluntary emigration” to countries including Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Libya. There is nothing “voluntary” about this scheme for removal of Gazans from their homeland. Israel has destroyed the means of survival for the people of Gaza; now they suggest giving them a “choice” between leaving their homeland to survive, and staying to struggle and die. Forced population transfer is a crime against humanity, and a form of ethnic cleansing. If world leaders truly want to offer Gazans a good life outside Gaza, the just solution would be to return them to their homes in historic Palestine.
Cardinal calls Israel’s policy in Gaza ‘morally unjustifiable’ after visit
Israel’s government is pursuing an “unacceptable and morally unjustifiable” policy in Gaza, said the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. His words came after visiting the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza after it suffered an Israeli attack last week.
“We need to say with frankness and clarity that this policy of the Israeli government in Gaza is unacceptable and morally we cannot justify it,” he said. “There can be no future based on captivity, displacement of Palestinians or revenge.”
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the pope to express “regret” for the attack, which he said was caused by “stray ammunition”. The Vatican’s top diplomat, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said in an interview that the story “can legitimately be doubted”.
Pizzaballa pointed out, “This is not the first time it happened. There was also [attacks on] the Holy Family and St Porphyrius in the first weeks of the war. And every time it was a mistake.”
Israel has issued evacuation orders for the areas surrounding the two compounds where Gaza’s Christians have taken shelter during the war, but the community of about 560 people do not intend to leave. “They know very well that we are determined to remain,” Pizzaballa said when asked whether the Christians would follow the evacuation orders (continue reading here).
MORE FROM/ABOUT GAZA:
It’s A Genocide, But It’s Also So Much More Than That
Israel brutally detaining Gaza hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as ‘bargaining chip,’ says lawyer
(Also get familiar with the charges against Israel: genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced transfer, starvation as a weapon of war, use of human shields, concentration camps, indiscriminate shooting at civilians, and more.)
WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM, AND ISRAEL NEWS AND HEADLINES:
(For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)
Palestinian teen succumbs to wounds from Israeli gunfire
A Palestinian teenager succumbed to wounds sustained earlier Tuesday evening after being shot by Israeli occupation forces during a military incursion into the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
16-year-old Ibrahim Majed Ali Nasr was shot in the chest with live ammunition by Israeli forces in Qabatiya.
Israeli forces raided the town using several military vehicles from multiple entrances, positioned near the town’s roundabout, deployed foot patrols in the streets, and flew a drone overhead. Confrontations broke out between Israeli soldiers and defenseless citizens, during which they opened fire directly at Ibrahim, killing him.
Ha’aretz: Israel has no sense of urgency about Gaza starvation
Nutritionists and experts on the distribution of humanitarian aid warned the government of imminent starvation. But despite the dying children, the starving adults, and the complete collapse of the food distribution plan that Israel dreamed up, nobody in any Israeli institution seems to feel any urgency.
That includes the Israeli Supreme Court. On May 18, four human rights organizations asked the court (after their previous petition on the issue was rejected) to order the government to allow food to enter Gaza with no limitations. Since then, the prosecution has filed 10 requests to postpone submitting its response (continue reading here).
ISRAEL COMPLETES SELF-INVESTIGATION OF CHURCH STRIKE (YUP, IT WAS A MISTAKE): The IDF said it finished investigating a Thursday mortar strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City which, according to church officials, killed three and wounded nine others. The Holy Family Catholic Church is the only Catholic church in the Strip. “The church was accidentally hit due to an unintentional deviation of munitions,” the statement read, echoing preliminary assessments. “The impact caused damage to the structure and injured several Gazan civilians.” The IDF did not mention the death toll.
NOTE: Israel’s self-investigations – on the rare occasions when they do take place – consistently whitewash its crimes and fail to appropriately punish the perpetrators.
MORE FROM WEST BANK, JERUSALEM, AND ISRAEL:
How one Israeli company controls – and cuts off – Palestinians’ access to water in the West Bank
Israeli Colonizers Attack Communities In West Bank
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OTHER NEWS AND HEADLINES:
Rep. Randy Fine Tells Palestinians To ‘Starve Away’ as Babies Die
On Tuesday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) said on X that Palestinians in Gaza should “starve away” while also claiming the reports of people dying of hunger due to the US-backed Israeli blockade are a “lie.”
Fine made the comments in response to the news that 15 Palestinians, including four children, died of starvation over 24 hours.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine wrote on X from his official Congress account. “(This is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda.)”
Later on Tuesday, news broke that Fine was being added to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is headed by Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), who previously volunteered with the Israeli military and once wore his IDF uniform while at work on Capitol Hill.
World leaders comment on the famine in Gaza
“There is no prior experience in my five decades of humanitarian experience that can come close to comparison to the horror we are all seeing in Gaza. The UN announcement, based on serious hospital data, that people are fainting in the street from hunger and malnutrition, tells us all we need to know. It is a historic fact that children die first in these circumstances. Our humanity cannot believe our eyes.” – Former United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths.
“The new Israeli aid system is inhumane, it’s dangerous, and it deprives Gazans of human dignity. It forces desperate civilians, children among them, to scramble unsafely for the essentials of life.” – UK Foreign Minister David Lammy.
“Killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible.” EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas.
“We saw men standing for hours under the sun, simply hoping for one meal to ease their hunger. It was a sight of unbearable humiliation and unforgettable pain – a situation no human conscience can accept.” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
“The civilian population in Gaza must not be further crushed between the front lines. Children, families, the elderly – they need water, food, medical care, and security. International law must be respected! Allow aid deliveries to pass through unhindered! Allow safe humanitarian corridors and unhindered access for the UN and humanitarian organizations!” – German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan.
“The continuation of this unprecedented humanitarian crisis [in Gaza] constitutes a war crime, a stain on the entire humanity, and a violation of the principles of justice and human dignity. [There is a] need to multiply international efforts to pressure the Israeli occupation in order to achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire, open all crossings, allow the entry of humanitarian aid, and ensure a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.” – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha.
“Hundreds of truckloads have been sitting in warehouses or in Egypt or elsewhere, and costing our Western European donors a lot of money, but they are blocked from coming in… That’s why we are so angry. Because our job is to help. Israel is not yielding. They just want to paralyze our work.” – Norwegian Refugee Council spokesperson Jan Egeland.
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— Nora Barrows-Friedman (@norabf) July 22, 2025
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – JULY 22, 2025:
- At least 60,235 Palestinians killed, 152,275 injured – including:
- at least 59,219 killed in Gaza (~17,000 children)
- at least 1,016 killed in the West Bank (~207 children)
- at least 143,045 injured in Gaza
- at least 9,230 injured in the West Bank
According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19 – March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 170 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.
Since the Israeli army resumed its assaults on Gaza on March 18, it has killed at least 8,363 people. 47 Israeli soldiers (most recent July 21) have been killed during the same time period.
At least 1,060 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid parcels from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which started operating on May 26, 2025.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 14,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – July 22, 2025: ~1,629 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 451 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel. (72 soldiers have reportedly died due to “operational incidents.”)
By one count, Israeli attacks have killed approximately 226 Palestinian journalists and media workers; Palestinians have killed 4 Israeli journalists (other groups have tallied between 186 and 294 Palestinian journalists killed – depending on the criteria used).
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
- Human rights reports on Israel-Palestine (regularly updated)
- This summer, Israel has turned Gaza into an open-air furnace
- 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed after being shot in the back and left to bleed
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- US Nonprofits Funnel Millions to Americans In Israeli Army
- Western media enabling Gaza genocide and rewriting history, say experts
- Why Do Our Politicians Care More About Israel Than Americans?
- Starved and Scorched: The Sea – Gaza’s Last Refuge – Has Become a Killing Zone
- Israel now targets anyone trying to rescue children buried under rubble
- I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
- How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
- WATCH: Matt Gaetz: How many Americans have to die by Israeli settlers before we care?
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- 15 Palestinians seeking food at GHF site die from suffocation after Israeli forces fire poisonous gas at aid seekers
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- Israel isn’t just killing Palestinians seeking food aid. It’s killing people waiting in line for water, too.
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