AL-JAZEERA: The Israeli occupation army carried out demolitions of residential buildings in the Al-Zarqa area, east of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources in Gaza hospitals reported that 58 people were killed by Israeli occupation forces’ fire in various areas of the Strip since dawn today.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 12 reported that a verbal dispute broke out between far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir during a meeting last Thursday that discussed the occupation of Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli intelligence website Intel Times reported that the missile launched from Yemen toward Tel Aviv on Friday carried a multi-stage warhead that is capable of fragmentation.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: The Government Media Office in Gaza condemned Israeli government plans to destroy and expel the health system from Gaza City as part of its announced plan to occupy the city.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The New Social Contract party has quit the Dutch caretaker government in protest of its refusal to impose sanctions on Israel over the Gaza genocide.

Dutch Ministers Resign En Masse over Failure to Secure Sanctions against Israel

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they targeted two Israeli tanks with powerful explosive devices south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, noting that they monitored the arrival of a rescue force to the site.

ISRAELI MEDIA: According to an Israeli security source cited by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, the occupation of Gaza City will begin after its encirclement is completed, a process expected to last about two months.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army confirmed the death of a lieutenant in an explosion caused by an army explosive device in what it described as an “operational incident” in the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Thousands of Israelis are demonstrating outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv to demand an end to the war and the conclusion of a prisoner exchange deal.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Former head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate (Aman), Aharon Haliva, has been heard in newly leaked audio recordings, broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12, revealing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had received prior warnings about the possibility of war before October 7, 2023.

Leaked Audio Reveals Netanyahu Avoided Briefings ahead of October 7

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: An Israeli soldier was killed in Khan Yunis as Palestinian resistance operations continue, while Gaza’s death toll surpasses 62,600 amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war.

Israeli Soldier Killed in Khan Yunis amid Ongoing Resistance Operations

AL-JAZEERA: The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported that journalist Khaled Al-Madhoun was killed by Israeli occupation fire in the northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospital sources in Gaza confirmed that 51 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation fire in various parts of the Strip since dawn today, including 16 people seeking humanitarian aid across the enclave.

AP: The Associated Press quoted an American surgeon volunteering in Gaza as saying that the level of hunger witnessed in the city is “shocking and beyond imagination,” with doctors observing severe weight loss and post-surgery complications.

AL-JAZEERA: A source in Gaza’s emergency and ambulance services confirmed the death of two children in an Israeli bombing that targeted Jabalia Al-Nazla in the northern Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media confirmed that a soldier was killed in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, as a result of an explosive device detonation. Resistance factions have not yet commented on the incident.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 61 martyrs and 308 wounded in the Israeli assault on the Strip during the past 24 hours. The total number of victims since October 7, 2023, has risen to 62,622 martyrs and 157,673 wounded

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: “We welcome the United Nations’ decision to declare famine in Gaza, though it came late. The genocide in the Strip includes engineered starvation, mass killings, extermination of generations, and the destruction of the health sector. Hundreds of deaths could have been prevented, and the lives of thousands are at stake. The international community faces a true test; the time now is for actions, not statements.”

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported the deaths of eight people, including two children, due to malnutrition in the past 24 hours. The number of starvation-related deaths in the Strip has risen to 281, including 114 children.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported that a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a home west of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.

PFLP: “A CBS investigation proves that what is called the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ is merely a criminal terrorist arm of the genocide. We call for the designation of the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ as a terrorist entity and for holding accountable all those involved in funding or supporting it.”

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PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE GROUPS: “We call on the international community to take immediate action to address the famine in Gaza, including humanitarian intervention. We call for the opening of safe corridors to allow food and medicine into Gaza without conditions. We urge our Arab and Islamic nations to take practical steps to break the siege and save our people in Gaza. We call on our Arab and Islamic peoples to mobilize in full support of those besieged and starved in Gaza.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: A poll published by the Israeli newspaper Maariv showed that 62% of Israelis do not trust the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. 72% of Israelis support reaching a deal to return the captives, and the majority also support ending the war.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported protests outside the homes of the Israeli president and the Minister of Transport demanding a prisoner exchange deal.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The ambulance and emergency services in Gaza reported that a number of Palestinians were wounded when an Israeli drone struck displaced tents in Mawasi Al-Qarara, north of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Nasser Medical Complex said several Palestinians waiting for aid were wounded by Israeli gunfire near a distribution center north of Rafah in southern Gaza.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli occupation forces carried out a massacre against displaced Palestinians near Khan Yunis on Saturday and launched extensive bombing operations in Gaza City’s Zaytoun neighborhood, as preparations intensify for the announced ‘Gideon Chariots 2’ campaign to invade Gaza City.

Khan Yunis Massacre, Zaytoun Under Fire amid Looming Israeli Invasion

ISRAELI MEDIA: Activists confronted National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, holding up pictures of hostages in Gaza. The activists followed him on his way to a synagogue and accused him of killing the hostages.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospital sources in Gaza reported that 34 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn today. Among the dead were eight people who had been waiting for humanitarian aid.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A source in Gaza’s ambulance and emergency services said a Palestinian was killed and others wounded when Israeli shelling targeted a home in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City in the central Strip.

PRCS: The Red Crescent field hospital in Gaza reported that two Palestinian women were killed and 14 others wounded when an Israeli drone struck a displaced persons’ tent in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospital sources in Gaza reported that 24 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the Strip since dawn today. Among the dead are three people who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

A Palestinian man bid farewell to his two sons, Awad and Aboud, who were born after waiting for 10 years. Both children were killed when Israeli occupation forces targeted the family’s tent in Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/rzml9Ii8EL

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 23, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported protests outside the homes of the Israeli president and the Minister of Transport demanding a prisoner exchange deal.

UNRWA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said famine in Gaza City could be halted by reversing the ongoing catastrophe and flooding Gaza with massive UN aid.

AL-JAZEERA:

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said:

The international media ignores the real story of famine in Gaza.

The United Nations declares famine while 92% of food is stolen to be sold to Hamas.

The United Nations should declare itself corrupt and incompetent.

ISRAELI MEDIA: A medical source at Nasser Hospital reported that 12 Palestinians, including 6 children, were killed when Israeli shelling struck displaced tents in the Asdaa area, northwest of Khan Yunis.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Kuwait Hospital in Gaza reported that four children were killed and others wounded when an Israeli airstrike targeted displaced tents north of Khan Yunis.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli airstrikes targeted Khan Yunis, demolishing residential buildings in the center and north of the city.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported that two Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike targeting a home in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Forensic Architecture and the Global Peace Foundation stated that since March, Israel has dismantled Gaza’s aid system and imposed a military model. According to their findings, the Israeli military has forcibly displaced residents, concentrating them in areas unfit for civilian life. They added that Israel is using starvation as a deliberate strategy to dismantle Gaza’s social structure, documenting 58 Israeli attacks on civilians seeking aid.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigned on Friday, citing his inability to push through stronger measures against Israel amid its ongoing genocide on Gaza, Dutch media reported.

Dutch Foreign Minister Resigns after Cabinet Blocks Stronger Action on Israel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel has barred two foreign physicians from the United States and France from entering the Gaza Strip, in a move that underscores Israel’s growing restrictions on humanitarian workers and supplies amid the ongoing genocide

Israel Bars Foreign Doctors, Blocks Baby Formula Truck as Famine Confirmed in Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ansarallah announced that a Palestine 2 hypersonic missile struck Ben Gurion Airport and drones hit targets in Jaffa and Ashkelon, declaring the operations a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Ansarallah Launches ‘Palestine 2’ Missile, Targets Ben Gurion Airport

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli government’s prisoner affairs official, under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commented on US President Donald Trump’s statement, saying there has been no change in Israel’s data regarding the number of living captives. He stressed: “There are 20 abductees alive, and two whose lives are in danger.”

ANSARALLAH: Ansarallah’s military spokesman Yahya Saree announced that the movement carried out three operations targeting Israeli sites. He said a hypersonic ballistic missile “Palestine 2” struck Lod Airport, while drones hit a military target in Ashkelon and another target in Jaffa.

AL-JAZEERA: A legal advisor for South Africa’s Foreign Ministry told Al Jazeera that the UN famine report is definitive evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza. He expressed hope that more countries would join South Africa’s call to pursue international justice. He added that Israel continues to violate the measures ordered by the International Criminal Court.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Two legal advocacy groups have filed a formal complaint with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) against the director of UK Lawyers for Israel, alleging intimidation and silencing of Palestine solidarity work.

‘Silencing, Intimidating’ – Legal Groups File Complaint against UK Lawyers for Israel 

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: When an empire can no longer speak honestly about peace, when even its calls for “ceasefire” are heard as mockery, it is not the world that is diminished. It is America itself.

Read the latest article by Junaid Ahmad.

From Gaza to Kashmir: America’s Ceasefire Circus