Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 23 people as four more die from malnutrition

by | Aug 14, 2025 | World

At least 23 people, including 10 seeking aid, have been killed on Thursday in Israeli attacks across Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities, as four more people died from malnutrition amid a growing starvation crisis in the besieged territory.Hospital sources told Al Jazeera that 10 people seeking aid were among 12 people killed by Israeli forces near Rafah in southern Gaza.One person was killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli attack near an aid distribution site, the sources said.Eight people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential home in Gaza City in northern Gaza, medical sources said.Two other people were killed in an Israeli attack on the city’s Tuffah neighbourhood, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.The killings come as Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza City, the largest city in the enclave, after the country’s security cabinet approved plans for the military to seize the city, an operation that could forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to concentration zones in southern Gaza.The plan has received international condemnation from the United Nations and even dissent from within Israel’s own military.Al Jazeera correspondents reported on Thursday that large swaths of northern Gaza have been turned into “lifeless wastelands” amid the Israeli escalation.Palestinians in Gaza City have spoken of their fears of further displacement, following an Israel …

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