WHO: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that 90% of Gaza’s population is facing difficulty in accessing clean water. He affirmed the WHO’s commitment to remain in Gaza and called for the protection of UN and humanitarian staff.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Israeli forces blocked ambulances from reaching injured Palestinians in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, after shooting at them.

BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: Brazil announced it is in the final stages of formally joining the genocide case filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice, stating that the international community must not remain silent in the face of ongoing atrocities in Gaza.

WHITE HOUSE: US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Middle Eastern officials in Europe to discuss a proposed ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. The White House reiterated its urgency in reaching an agreement as soon as possible.

HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas declared the Israeli Knesset’s vote to impose sovereignty over the West Bank illegal and illegitimate, insisting it will not change the identity of Palestinian land.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospitals in Gaza reported that 56 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on multiple areas of the besieged territory since early morning.

ISRAELI MILITARY: Israeli Chief of Staff said the army is engaged in simultaneous, unprecedented operations in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Jenin. He described the current moment as a strategic crossroads and reaffirmed ground forces as key to victory.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Israeli parliament (Knesset) voted on Wednesday for a non-binding motion for the agenda in favor of annexing the occupied West Bank.

The motion was backed by 71 members of the 120-seat assembly against 13 votes.

Knesset Votes for Non-Binding Motion to Annex Occupied West Bank 

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: An Israeli agenda has been hatched inside of Syria and the new administration in Damascus is taking every step to accelerate it. What happened inside the Sweida Province over the last week has demonstrated that the new rulers of Syria simply have no power over the country and rely completely on outside help.

Read the latest article by Robert Inlakesh.

The Disintegration of Syria’s Government and Israel’s Insidious Plot

AL-AWDA HOSPITAL: Al-Awda Hospital reported that four Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire near the Netzarim axis in central Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources in Gaza said that 41 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since dawn, including 10 people who were waiting to receive humanitarian assistance.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters detonated an explosive device targeting and destroying an Israeli armored personnel carrier north of Khan Yunis on July 12, killing and wounding its crew.

SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX: The director of Gaza’s Shifa Medical Complex told Al Jazeera that 84 children have died from malnutrition. Hospitals across the Strip are now overwhelmed with cases of severe undernourishment.

AL JAZEERA: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced plans to hold elections for the Palestinian National Council before the end of 2025—sidestepping a broader Palestinian consensus calling for organizational reforms and a unified leadership framework. His initiative reportedly excludes resistance factions and requires adherence to “international legitimacy.”

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades reported targeting an Israeli Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 shell in the eastern part of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY: France demanded that Israel immediately lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, hold to the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures, and stop firing on civilians seeking aid. Paris attributed the crisis to the ongoing Israeli blockade.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Footage has been obtained showing Al-Qassam Brigades fighters targeting Israeli army soldiers and their vehicles in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip.

The visuals depict Israeli vehicles being blown up at point-blank range within Jabaliya town. The footage also documented occupation forces withdrawing their vehicles after being targeted by Al-Qassam operatives.

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have released new footage, reportedly showing the destruction of Israeli tanks and armored vehicles in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, from June 12 to July 16. pic.twitter.com/LoHS7e6C6C

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 23, 2025

STATEMENT: The Gaza Ministry of Health has announced that 10 deaths due to starvation and malnutrition were recorded in the Gaza Strip within the last 24 hours. This tragic increase brings the total number of fatalities from these causes to 111.

STATEMENT: Hamas has expressed “grave concern” over the Palestinian Authority President’s announcement regarding his intention to re-form the Palestinian National Council (PNC).

Hamas stated that the president’s announcement was made unilaterally and without national consensus.

Hamas emphasized that this announcement violates national agreements signed between various Palestinian factions.

The movement described the Palestinian Authority President’s decision as a “dangerous تجاوز” (serious transgression/overstep) of the collective national will and a “blatant disregard” for the agreements reached in Cairo, Algiers, Moscow, and Beijing.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli police, in cooperation with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), announced the arrest of a woman who allegedly communicated with others to target Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, the woman is a resident of central Israel and had planned to target Netanyahu with an explosive device.

The Shin Bet is currently investigating the woman, and she will be charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces carried out a new massacre in Gaza City early Wednesday, while intensifying aerial and artillery strikes on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza as part of an ongoing ground invasion that began two days ago.

AL-AWDA HOSPITAL: Four Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces while attempting to access humanitarian aid near the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The total number of journalists killed in Gaza has risen to 231 following the martyrdom of Tamer Al-Za’anin and Wala’ Al-Jaabari. The media office condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s systematic targeting and killing of Palestinian journalists.

📷 The Gaza media office confirms:
231 Palestinian journalists have been killed—most recently, Tamer Al-Za’anin and Wala’ Al-Jaabari.
It condemns Israel’s deliberate targeting of the press. pic.twitter.com/EhiawX7iAJ

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 23, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: According to Channel 12, a former American soldier now working as a security guard at aid centers in Gaza said that guards fired on Palestinians and treated them inhumanely. “I’ve never seen such use of force in my entire military service,” he said, adding he quit the job due to the guards’ behavior and called for accountability.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Israeli army announced it ended its operations in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza and withdrew this morning. A senior officer said it is not unlikely that operations in the area will resume.

HAMAS STATEMENT: Hamas called for mass popular mobilization across world capitals from Friday to Sunday to break the siege and end the famine in Gaza. The movement urged protests and sit-ins outside Israeli and US embassies, calling the current moment a decisive test of global conscience in the face of genocide and starvation.

AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL: Journalist Wala’ Al-Jaabari and five of her children were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN SOURCES: Israeli naval forces opened intense fire off the shores of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, targeting fishing areas.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospitals across Gaza are overwhelmed with emaciated civilians suffering from exhaustion and hunger, as cases of fainting and physical collapse rise sharply.

Gaza is starving.

Hospitals are crowded with skeletal patients fainting from hunger.

⚠️ Collapse is now a daily occurrence. pic.twitter.com/7hs8WB9qBt

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 23, 2025

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Occupation troops stormed the emergency wing of Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, northern West Bank, early Wednesday morning.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli military vehicles closed off access to the emergency department of Rafidia Hospital in the northern West Bank city of Nablus during an early morning raid.

AL-AQSA TV: Several people were killed and wounded in an Israeli airstrike early Wednesday on an apartment near Al-Falah Mosque in Tel Al-Hawa, southwest Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli drones bombed houses early Wednesday in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Simultaneously, Israeli tanks opened heavy fire east of the camp.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Multiple Israeli airstrikes on Deir Al-Balah and its surroundings in central Gaza overnight, alongside the firing of illumination flares and continued incursions to the south and east of the city.

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israel is facing two open fronts in Gaza and Yemen and must decisively win both, adding: “We are at the closest point to achieving the goals of the war.”

Famine Emergency in Gaza: 21 Children Die in 72 Hours as Starvation Worsens