Updates: Israel kills 51 in Gaza, 10 more Palestinians starve to death

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A new investigation (PDF) by research group Forensic Architecture (FA) has found that the Israeli military has pursued a deliberate strategy of starvation that has pushed Gaza towards famine. Read more here.

Market stalls in Gaza City appear to have supplies of food aid, but, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud says, many products for sale are not nutritious enough to help a malnourished population recover. Watch his report here.

The International Commission of Jurists has filed a formal request for an investigation into International Court of Justice (ICJ) Vice President Julia Sebutinde over her recent comments about Israel. Read our explainer here.

This live page will be closing soon. Here’s a recap of the day’s major developments:

• Israel’s attacks across Gaza have continued, killing 51 Palestinians since dawn on Wednesday, including 12 waiting for aid.
• Ten more Palestinians have starved to death, including two children, days after famine was declared in Gaza.
• A joint statement from 14 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council has called for Israel to stop further expansion of its military operation in Gaza and backed the IPC global hunger monitoring system that confirmed a famine in Gaza.
• The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee says residents of Gaza City, which the Israeli military plans to seize, will inevitably be forced out.
• Israeli forces are continuing a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, which has injured at least 80 Palestinians.
• Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner have attended a meeting with US President Donald Trump over the war in Gaza, according to a senior White House official.
• Israeli forces conducted a two-hour operation in a former army base in Kiswa, south of Syria’s capital Damascus, a day after an Israeli attack in the same area killed at least six soldiers.

A new investigation (PDF) by research group Forensic Architecture (FA) has found that the Israeli military has pursued a deliberate strategy of starvation that has pushed Gaza towards famine.

The report details how Israel has weaponised aid, forcing Palestinians to travel long distances to reach military-run distribution centres in the south of the Strip, while opening fire on those same civilians as they seek aid.

Researchers documented attacks on civilians, the destruction of infrastructure such as food warehouses, and looting by Israeli-backed gangs.

Between March 18 and August 1, 2025, each incident was geolocated and verified using video and satellite imagery, creating a detailed picture of how aid is being manipulated to kill, rather than save, Palestinians.

Read more here.

Video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows Israeli aircraft attacking sites in Kiswa, to the south of Damascus.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has reiterated that the Israeli government’s position that there will be no Palestinian state after reporters asked if there was a plan for statehood.

Saar made the comment to reporters after a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington that he described as “very good”.

The independent UN body responsible for investigating Israel says it is short on money.

An independent commission of inquiry investigating violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory has warned it cannot continue its work.

Severe funding shortages are derailing the body established by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021.

So, what does this mean for securing justice and holding Israel to account?

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Hamas has welcomed the UNSC statement that called for urgent steps to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli attacks.

In a statement, the group said the 14-member states that signed the declaration “highlighted the catastrophic situation created by the occupation in Gaza”.

“The statement by the Security Council members, excluding the United States, shows broad consensus in condemning the genocide and starvation war in Gaza. Washington’s continued obstruction of resolutions against Israel makes it an accomplice to the crime and responsible for the famine and massacres,” Hamas said.

Israeli forces closed the two gates at the entrances to the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.

Wafa reported the closure of the two gates and said forces were obstructing vehicle movement, causing traffic jams on the Hizma-Anata road.

Soldiers also stormed the town, raided its streets, and fired sound bombs.

Israeli raids, settler attacks and home demolitions are intensifying across the occupied West Bank.

For Al Jazeera’s Between Us, reporter Mat Nashed documents Israel’s relentless campaign to uproot Palestinians.

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The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza have called for a sit-in in front of Netanyahu’s West Jerusalem residence to demand the government accept a ceasefire and return their loved ones, Israeli news outlet Channel 12 reports.

In a statement, the families said, “With the will of Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, the kidnapped will return, and the war will end.”

“The people have already made their decision in unprecedented numbers and with wide popular support. Now the responsibility shifts to the prime minister,” they added.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Trump Middle East envoy Jared Kushner attended a meeting with US President Donald Trump over the war in Gaza,  a senior White House official said.

The official told the Reuters news agency that the meeting discussed all aspects of the situation in the enclave, including increasing food aid deliveries, the captives, post-war plans and more.

According to the official, the session was “simply a policy meeting,” the type frequently held by Trump and his team.

A second White House official said Trump has been “clear that he wants the war to end, and he wants peace and prosperity for everyone in the region”.

The bodies of four people and 75 injured aid seekers who were targeted by Israeli fire in northern Gaza have been received at Hamad Hospital, sources at the facility told our colleagues.

Since dawn, at least 51 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave.

Former British LBC radio host Sangita Myska says the killings of Palestinian journalists in Gaza are not just the story of individuals but the “death of journalism”.

“If Israel is not held to account for breaching the protections afforded to journalists in Gaza under international law, the international community is giving the green light to every country around the world that we can be killed with impunity simply for doing our jobs,” Myska said at a vigil in London hosted by the freelancer branch of the National Union of Journalists.

On Monday, an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 21 people, including five journalists, in what international organisations have called an attack on the news media.

Since Israel began its war on Gaza in October 2023, more than 270 journalists have been killed.

Slovenia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Ondina Blokar Drobic, calls out the three urgent calls to action, agreed upon by 14 Security Council member states, amid the ongoing famine in Gaza:

• “We call for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. We call for the immediate, dignified and unconditional release of all hostages held by Hamas and other groups. We call for a substantive surge of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza.
• Israel must immediately and unconditionally lift all restrictions on aid deliveries. This includes opening all land routes and allowing the UN and humanitarian partners to operate safely and at scale. Humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence must be central to humanitarian action.
• We call on Israel to immediately reverse its decision to further expand its military operation in Gaza with the aim of taking over Gaza City. The decision, which we reject, will inevitably worsen the already horrific humanitarian situation and endanger the lives of all civilians, including the hostages.”