At least 73 folks killed ready for humanitarian help throughout Gaza, says Palestinian Health Ministry

The largest toll was in northern Gaza, the place at the very least 67 Palestinians have been killed whereas making an attempt to achieve help getting into northern Gaza by way of the Zikim crossing with Israel, in accordance with the ministry and native hospitals.

More than 150 folks have been wounded, with a few of them in vital situation, hospitals mentioned.

It wasn’t instantly clear whether or not they have been killed by the Israeli military or armed gangs or each. But some witnesses mentioned that the Israeli navy shot on the crowd.

The killings in northern Gaza didn’t happen close to help distribution factors related to the Gaza Humanitarian Fund, or GHF, a U.S.- and Israel-backed group that arms out meals packages to Palestinians. Witnesses and well being staff say lots of of individuals have been killed by Israeli hearth whereas making an attempt to entry the group’s distribution websites.

The Israeli navy didn’t instantly make any touch upon Sunday’s (July 20, 2025) killings.

Meanwhile, the Israeli navy revealed new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday (July 20, 2025), in one of many few areas the place the navy has hardly ever operated with floor troops.

The evacuation cuts entry between town of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis within the slim enclave.

The announcement got here as Israel and Hamas have been holding ceasefire talks in Qatar, however worldwide mediators say there have been no breakthroughs.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly confused that increasing Israel’s navy operations in Gaza will strain Hamas to barter, however negotiations have been stalled for months.

Earlier this month, the Israeli navy mentioned that it managed greater than 65% of the Gaza Strip.

Cutting off entry

The space of Gaza beneath the evacuation order is the place many worldwide organisations making an attempt to distribute help are positioned.

The United Nations has been in touch with Israeli authorities to make clear whether or not UN amenities in southwestern Deir al-Balah are included in Sunday’s (July 20, 2025) evacuation order, in accordance with a UN official who spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of he wasn’t authorised to talk to the media.

The official mentioned that in earlier cases, UN amenities have been spared from evacuation orders. The evacuation announcement covers an space stretching from a beforehand evacuated space all the best way to the coast and can severely hamper motion for help teams and civilians in Gaza.

Military spokesman Avichay Adraee warned that the navy will assault “with depth” in opposition to militants. He known as for residents, together with these sheltering in tents, to move to the Muwasi space, a desolate tent camp on Gaza’s southern shore that the Israeli navy has designated a humanitarian zone.

Gaza’s inhabitants of greater than 2 million Palestinians are in a catastrophic humanitarian disaster.

Hamas triggered the 21-month struggle when militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023, killing round 1,200 folks and taking 251 others hostage. Fifty stay, however fewer than half are regarded as alive.

Israel’s navy offensive that adopted has killed greater than 58,000 Palestinians, in accordance with the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t say what number of militants are among the many lifeless however says greater than half of the lifeless have been girls and youngsters. The ministry is a part of the Hamas authorities however the UN and different worldwide organisations see it as probably the most dependable supply of information on casualties.

The Hostages Family Forum, a grassroots organisation that represents lots of the households of hostages, condemned the evacuation announcement and demanded that Netanyahu and the Israeli navy clarify what they hope to perform within the space of central Gaza, accusing Israel of working with no clear struggle plan.

“Enough! The Israeli folks overwhelmingly need an finish to the preventing and a complete settlement that can return all the hostages,” the discussion board mentioned. On Saturday (July 19, 2025) night time, throughout the weekly protest, tens of hundreds of protesters marched in Tel Aviv to the department of the US Embassy, demonstrating for an finish to the struggle.

Humanitarian catastrophe grows. On Sunday (July 19, 2025) morning, ambulances in entrance of three main hospitals in Gaza sounded their alarms concurrently in an pressing attraction to make clear the starvation disaster within the territory. The well being ministry posted photos on social media of docs holding paper indicators about malnourished kids and lack of medicine.

Zaher al-Wahidi, one of many spokespeople on the well being ministry, mentioned that at the very least 9 kids beneath 5 years previous have died of malnutrition as of Sunday (July 20, 2025) for the reason that Israel’s imposed help entry blockade in March.

He defined that monitoring the variety of folks dying of hunger is tough as a result of some might be affected by different medical circumstances that might be worsened when compounded with extreme starvation.

In northern Gaza, Shifa Hospital director Abu Selmiyah mentioned that the hospital recorded 79 individuals who died of malnutrition up to now month.

Israeli bombardments continued to pound the Gaza Strip in a single day. Large explosions in northern Gaza have been seen from Israel as plumes of fireside shot into the sky.