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July deadliest month in Gaza in over a year
…as Israel attacks kill more than 80; starvation intensifies
Thousands of Palestinians flock to the Zakim area in the north of the region to seek aid in Gaza on July 22, 2025 [Hamza Z H Qraiqea/Anadolu]
(AL-JAZEERA) Israeli forces have killed at least 81 Palestinians, including 31 aid seekers, in attacks across Gaza since dawn, a day after tanks pushed into southern and eastern parts of Deir el-Balah for the first time.
Earlier, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said 77 people were confirmed dead on Monday, including five whose bodies were recovered, while 376 injuries were recorded at hospitals across the Gaza Strip.
According to data compiled by Islamic Relief, and with an average of 119 Palestinians killed daily, July has become the deadliest month since January 2024.
“The rate of killing is accelerating every day that world leaders fail to act,” Waseem Ahmad, chief executive of Islamic Relief Worldwide, said in a statement. “We are witnessing people massacred just for trying to get food, water or medicine. We’re seeing babies and young children starve to death because Israel is blocking humanitarian aid.”
The United Nations has just issued a stark warning over the growing food crisis in Gaza, saying starvation is now a “horrific reality” for children and families trapped under Israeli siege.
“People in Gaza are starving to death,” the global body said in a social media post.
It noted that its children’s agency, UNICEF, has warned that deadly malnutrition among children is reaching “catastrophic levels”.
“Humanitarian aid at scale is urgently needed. Safe, unrestricted access into Gaza must be granted to save lives,” the post said.
“Aid at scale must be allowed in urgently,” the UN said, warning that the current restrictions are putting thousands of lives at risk.
With aid scarce, many in Gaza are risking their lives daily to access limited food supplies at distribution points run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed GHF, where more than 1,000 people have been killed since late May.
Hospitals in Gaza have recorded 15 deaths, including those of four children, in Gaza due to starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours amid Israel’s blockade on the Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement.
That brings the total number of hunger-related deaths in the Strip to 101, including 80 children, since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council Gaza is a “horror show with a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times”.
“Malnourishment is soaring. Starvation is knocking on every door. And now we are seeing the last gasp of a humanitarian system built on humanitarian principles,” Guterres said.
“That system is being denied the conditions to function. Denied the space to deliver. Denied the safety to save lives,” the UN chief urged.
Guterres added between the Israeli military’s latest operation in Deir el-Balah and the forced displacement orders issued, devastation is being “layered upon devastation”.
The overall death toll from Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023, has now risen to 59,106, with 142,511 wounded.
Since March 18, 2025, alone, 8,268 Palestinians have been killed and 30,470 injured.
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