Hunger kills 18 in Gaza over 24 hours: health authorities

21/7/2025 6:11

At least 18 Palestinians died in the past 24 hours due to hunger in Gaza, bringing the total death toll of hunger in the enclave since March to 86, including 76 children, the Gaza-based health authorities said Sunday.

What is happening in Gaza, home to more than two million people, is a "silent massacre," it said in a press statement, adding that about 17,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition in the enclave.

It demanded immediate opening of the crossings to allow the entry of food and medicine.

Meanwhile, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said in a statement on social media platform X that "Israeli authorities are starving civilians in Gaza, including one million children."

It urged lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza.

Also on Sunday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa said the situation in Gaza is "unbelievable and unreasonable."

According to a statement issued by his office, Mustafa called for stopping the bleeding in Gaza, reconstructing the enclave, and "unifying Gaza and its institutions with national institutions" so as to "establish the state on the ground."

At least 8,066 Palestinians have been killed and 28,939 others injured since Israel renewed its intensive strikes in Gaza on March 18, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to 58,895, and injuries to 140,980, Gaza-based health authorities said earlier on Sunday.