By Elham Asaad Buaras
London, (The Muslim News): At least 51 Palestinians were killed and 369 wounded in the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza, bringing deaths to 61,827 and injuries to 155,275 since October 2023.
The ministry also confirmed the death of a young girl from starvation as famine continues in Gaza, with 240 deaths, including 107 children, from hunger-related causes under Israel’s blockade.
Rescue teams remain overwhelmed, struggling to retrieve victims trapped under rubble or lying in 51 Palestinians were killed and 369 wounded in the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza, bringing deaths to 61,827 and injuries to 155,275 since October 2023.he streets due to relentless bombardment and a dire shortage of equipment.
Medical sources and eyewitnesses reported that on Friday, Israeli forces bombed gatherings of civilians across northern and central Gaza. At least 42 Palestinians were killed in the strikes that day, including five in Khan Younis and Rafah.
In Gaza City, Israeli drones and warplanes targeted crowded neighbourhoods, killing civilians in Al-Tuffah, Zeitoun, and Al-Rimal. Seven people, among them two children, were killed in a strike on the Mousa bin Nusair school, which shelters displaced families in eastern Gaza City.
Hospitals have not been spared. Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced people atop the outpatient clinic building at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. The Gaza Media Office denounced the attack as the thirteenth on the facility since the war began, accusing Israel of deliberately targeting health infrastructure in violation of international law.
Elsewhere, three people were shot dead near the Netzarim corridor while waiting for aid, while six others were gunned down near Zikim in northern Gaza. Another seven were killed in a strike on a tent inside Majida al-Wasila School in central Gaza City.
The devastation has left Gaza on the brink of famine and triggered international legal proceedings. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
Arab & Muslim countries condemn Netanyahu’s Greater Israel comment
The latest escalation coincides with mounting regional outrage. The foreign ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic countries, joined by the heads of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, on Friday condemned Netanyahu’s recent comments on the so-called “Greater Israel”.
In a joint statement, they warned the remarks posed “a direct threat to Arab national security, to the sovereignty of states, and to regional and international peace and security.” Netanyahu, speaking to Israeli channel i24 earlier this week, said he felt “very attached” to the vision of a Greater Israel, describing himself as being on a “historic and spiritual mission” continuing the dream of “generations of Jews”.
[Photo: Close relatives mourn as the bodies of six Palestinians from the same family, killed in an Israeli attack on a building in the Bureij refugee camp, are brought to Shifa Hospital for funeral procedures in Gaza City, Gaza on August 16, 2025. Photojournalist: Khames Alrefi/AA]
