PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Raheel Mohammed Rasras, a 32-year-old Palestinian woman with special needs, passed away on Monday evening at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, after a prolonged and painful battle with severe malnutrition.

Raheel Rasras Dies of Famine as Gaza Death Toll from Hunger Climbs

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: New Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have resulted in civilian casualties, including two women killed.

A Palestinian Red Crescent source reported that two women were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house near Sheikh Radwan Pond in northern Gaza.

Meanwhile, Al-Quds Hospital announced that 14 aid seekers were injured by Israeli occupation forces near the Nabulsi checkpoint, west of Gaza City.

Additionally, a source at Al-Awda Hospital reported injuries from an Israeli strike on a house in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

STATEMENT: The Al-Qassam Brigades announced they targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with a high-explosive device in the Umm Zuheir area, south of Deir al-Balah city, in the central Gaza Strip.

ARABIC MEDIA: Taher Al-Nunu, Media Advisor to the Head of Hamas’s Political Bureau, has made statements to Al-Jazeera regarding ongoing ceasefire efforts and the dire situation in Gaza.

Al-Nunu stated:

Hamas is discussing mediators’ proposals with Palestinian forces and factions to reach an agreement that ends the war in Gaza.

Hamas is moving positively and swiftly to reach an agreement that ends the aggression against our people in Gaza.

Hamas is taking action at the political level to urge relevant parties to move towards ending the suffering in Gaza.

He further appealed to the broader Arab and Islamic nations:

We call on the Islamic and Arab nations to allow food into Gaza for two million besieged people.

We appeal to the nation to express its stance frankly regarding the killing of Gaza’s children.

We are facing a collective execution process for two million people in Gaza.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Hospital sources in Gaza report that 11 civilians seeking aid have been killed by Israeli occupation army fire across the Gaza Strip since Monday morning.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation air force has launched an airstrike targeting the vicinity of the Al-Shaheed Mosque in the Al-Bureij refugee camp.

STATEMENT (Cited in Al-Jazeera): UNICEF has stated that hunger is spreading in Gaza, people are dying, and deadly malnutrition among children is reaching catastrophic levels.

‘Completely Unacceptable’ – WFP Condemns Israel’s Killing of Aid Seekers

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A source at Al-Shifa Hospital reported that several aid seekers were killed and injured near the Netzarim Axis, south of Gaza City.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Demonstrators in Ramallah chanted, “Oh Abu Mazen, oh Abbas, hear the voice of the people,” during a popular rally held in solidarity with Gaza and condemning the Israeli starvation tactics and aggression.

"يا أبو مازن يا عبّاس، يلا اسمع صوت الناس"..

هتافات المتظاهرين خلال وقفة شعبية في مدينة رام الله؛ إسنادًا لغزة وتنديدًا بالتجويع والعدوان الإسرائيلي. pic.twitter.com/Zx75Vox8Uq

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 21, 2025

SOCIAL MEDIA: British artist Kate Nash wore a dress emblazoned with the phrase “Free Gaza” during her performance on the Confetti stage at the Splendour Festival in the UK.

الفنانة البريطانية "كيت ناش"، ترتدي فستانًا يحمل عبارة "حَرروا غزة"، خلال مهرجان “سبليندور”، على مسرح "كونفيتي" في بريطانيا pic.twitter.com/Ud2jeRf8fQ

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 21, 2025

QUDS NEWS: The Israeli occupation forces are intensively firing illumination flares over the skies of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. This development comes after an Israeli force reportedly fell into an ambush set by the resistance.

عاجل | الاحتلال يُطلق قنابل إنارة بكثافة في أجواء رفح جنوب قطاع غزة، بعد وقوع قوة إسرائيلية في كمينٍ للمقاومة. pic.twitter.com/RSsoJDpMEM

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 21, 2025

STATEMENT: President Trump believes the war in Gaza has dragged on and the fighting has become more deadly in recent days. He wants to see an end to the hostilities to allow for negotiations towards a ceasefire and the release of hostages. Furthermore, President Trump stressed the importance of safe and secure entry for aid into Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army has announced that a soldier was killed and a Golani Brigade officer was seriously wounded during clashes in the southern Gaza Strip.

STATEMENT: Hamas has issued a statement asserting that the “occupation is practicing blackmail by committing massacres against our people, a desperate attempt to impose positions it previously failed to enforce.”

The movement emphasized its continuous efforts: “We are working around the clock to end the escalating suffering in Gaza through our ongoing communication with mediators and relevant parties.”

Hamas concluded by stating that “the Zionist enemy persists in its genocide war against our proud people in the Gaza Strip.”

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media outlets are reporting that a number of soldiers were injured in a second operation in the Gaza Strip.

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army has announced the death of a soldier during clashes in the southern Gaza Strip.

ARABIC MEDIA: An emergency nurse at Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza spoke to Al-Jazeera, describing the dire situation in the Strip:

Residents are flocking to us in large numbers due to malnutrition.

Water in the Strip has become severely contaminated, threatening a widespread outbreak of diseases.

The word ‘genocide’ seems understated in the face of the reality of what is happening—the eradication of the population.

Medical workers fear for their own lives and the lives of their patients.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media outlets are reporting that a building has collapsed on an Israeli force inside the Gaza Strip, with soldiers still trapped under the rubble.

STATEMENT: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, citing eyewitnesses, reported that Dr. Marwan Al-Hams sustained a foot injury during his arrest by Israeli occupation forces.

AL-JAZEERA/PC: Top European officials are intensifying pressure on Israel regarding its actions in the Gaza Strip, calling for a ceasefire, improved aid access, and expressing strong condemnation of the humanitarian situation.

UK Foreign Secretary Calls for Ceasefire, Criticizes Israel’s Global Standing

The UK Foreign Secretary stated he urged his Israeli counterpart to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and to review the failing aid system. He added that the actions of the Israeli government are inflicting unspeakable damage on Israel’s standing in the world. He also raised questions about the military justifications for the Israeli government’s strikes that have killed starving children in Gaza.

German Officials Demand Aid Facilitation, Deem Israeli Actions Unacceptable

Germany’s Foreign Minister conveyed to his Israeli counterpart “our concern regarding the catastrophic humanitarian situation,” especially with the expansion of the offensive in Gaza. He stressed that Israel must immediately implement its agreements with the European Union to facilitate the delivery of aid to Gaza.

Separately, the German Chancellor declared that what the Israeli forces are doing in Gaza is unacceptable. He further stated that he informed Netanyahu that we do not agree with his government’s policy. He emphasized the need to work to end the suffering of civilians in Gaza and demand the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid.

ARABIC MEDIA: The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food told Al-Jazeera that the situation in the Gaza Strip is horrendous, and we have not seen such starvation in modern history.

The rapporteur further stated that Israel has banned the entry of aid into Gaza for over 20 months. He added that Israel is attacking the United Nations and defying the Security Council, asserting that Israel’s attack on the United Nations means it is attacking the entire world.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media outlets have reported on what they described as “very difficult clashes” fought by soldiers in the Gaza Strip today, Monday.

ARABIC MEDIA: The Media Advisor for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) told Al Jazeera:

Depriving the residents of the Gaza Strip of aid is unacceptable.

The number of food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip has been reduced to 4 from approximately 400.

Our teams in the Gaza Strip, like the rest of the population, are suffering from a lack of food.

ANSARALLAH: The Ansarallah movement announced that it had conducted a “qualitative operation” using five drones to strike five Israeli targets, including Lod and Ramon Airports and the Port of Eilat.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Medical sources in Gaza reported that 56 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli fire since dawn Monday, including seven aid seekers.

UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “unbearable,” calling for an immediate ceasefire.

ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: Israeli forces from the Golani Brigade, including engineering and armored units, began an incursion south of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, the first since the start of the genocidal war on Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli evacuation helicopters landed northeast of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, following reports of a soldier killed and two others wounded in what Israeli media described as a “severe security incident” inside Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported that one soldier was killed and two others wounded on Monday during a “severe security incident” in Gaza, with no further details provided so far.

UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT: A joint statement from 25 countries issued by the UK government: The war in Gaza must end now.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Gaza Health Ministry today condemned the kidnapping of Marwan Al-Hams, the director of field hospitals in Gaza, describing it as a grave violation of freedom of expression and humanitarian work

STATEMENT (via Al-Jazeera): The Hind Rajab Foundation has reported that Belgian police released two Israeli soldiers after detaining them on suspicion of committing war crimes in Gaza.

The two Israeli soldiers were interrogated, and the Belgian Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that a criminal investigation is currently underway.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that 134 Palestinians have been killed and 1,155 others injured by Israeli occupation forces in the past 24 hours.

The ministry also reported that the total number of casualties from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 59,029 martyrs and 142,135 injured.

QUDS NEWS: Four people, including a woman, have been killed so far in an Israeli occupation strike on a water desalination plant in the central Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

ARABIC MEDIA: Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, told Al Jazeera: “We call on international organizations to pressure the occupation to reveal the fate of Dr. Marwan Al-Hams.”

He added, “Al-Hams’s arrest is a message to silence the Palestinian voice and those who demand an end to the suffering of the people.”

STATEMENT: Gaza Health Ministry: The number of ‘aid martyrs’ who have reached hospitals in the past 24 hours has reached 99 killed and over 650 injured. This raises the total number of ‘livelihood martyrs’ – aid seekers – who have reached hospitals to 1,021 killed and over 6,511 injured.

AL-JAZEERA: Director-General of the Gaza Ministry of Health, Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, told Al Jazeera: Occupation forces have arrested the Director of Field Hospitals, Marwan Al-Hams. The arrest took place while Al-Hams was visiting the Red Cross Hospital west of Khan Younis. We hold the occupation responsible for the safety of Dr. Marwan Al-Hams.

SARAYA AL-QUDS: The military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement said its fighters detonated an explosive device targeting an Israeli military vehicle during its incursion southeast of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.

PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE:

Activists aboard the “Handala” ship are trying to fill the void left by complicity with war criminals.

The initiative reflects the ethical and humanitarian commitment of the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” to the suffering of the people of Gaza.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SPOKESPERSON (to Al-Jazeera):

94% of health facilities in the Gaza Strip have been damaged.

The situation in the Gaza Strip is extremely dire.

Countries must put pressure to allow the entry of aid into Gaza.

We need medical supplies and aid to meet the needs of the sector.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: The Israeli occupation army bombed a building housing a kindergarten in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, injuring a child and terrifying children who were present during the bombing. Palestinian media reported panic among the children after Israeli warplanes struck the roof of the building where their kindergarten is located.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 27 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, including 4 who were seeking aid.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israel launched new airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah port while Ansarallah leader Sayyed Al-Houthi vowed continued support for Gaza and condemned Arab and Islamic silence over the genocide.

Israeli Airstrikes Pound Hodeidah as Al-Houthi Slams Regional Inaction on Gaza

GAZA EMERGENCY SERVICES: Emergency services in Gaza reported the recovery of five Palestinian bodies following an Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya Town, northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Canadian police have opened a first-of-its-kind investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza, prompting fears of arrest among Israeli soldiers with Canadian citizenship.

Israeli-Canadian Soldiers Fear Arrest as Canada Probes Gaza War Crimes

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli authorities have refused to renew the visa of Jonathan Whittall, Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories, following his outspoken condemnation of Israel’s actions against starving civilians in Gaza.

Israel Expels UN Humanitarian Chief for Condemning Gaza Starvation

STATEMENT: The Israeli Army stated:

We targeted facilities in Hodeidah Port, Yemen.

We targeted fuel tanks and engineering vehicles working to restore infrastructure in Hodeidah Port.

We targeted ships and boats used by the Houthis (Ansarallah) for military purposes.

We continue to target and destroy Houthi military sites in Hodeidah Port.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media outlets reported that the Israeli Air Force is attacking Ansarallah targets in the city of Hodeidah, Yemen.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A source from the Ambulance and Emergency services in the Gaza Strip reported the recovery of the bodies of five martyrs following an Israeli strike on Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli bombardments continued across the Gaza Strip since dawn today, resulting in a rising death toll and numerous injuries.

A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike targeting an area north of Khan Yunis city, southern Gaza Strip, according to sources at Nasser Medical Complex.

Hospital sources in Gaza reported that 17 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids across several areas of the Strip since dawn today.

Sources at Al-Aqsa and Al-Awda hospitals confirmed the death of 3 Palestinians following Israeli army shelling on Deir al-Balah city and Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported injuries among Palestinians due to an Israeli shelling of displacement tents in central Gaza City.

Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike on individuals in Jabaliya al-Nazla, northern Gaza Strip, according to sources at Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

Five Palestinians from a single family were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement tent in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, as reported by sources at Nasser Medical Complex.

A number of Palestinians were injured in an Israeli drone strike in the Al-Ghabari area of Jabaliya town, northern Gaza Strip.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent also reported Israeli raids and the demolition of residential buildings in eastern Gaza City.

Airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted the southern and eastern neighborhoods of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza.

Local sources reported a quadcopter drone intermittently firing near Al-Mazra’a schools, south of Ramzun, in Deir al-Balah, with Israeli shelling targeting the southern areas of the city.

Several Palestinians were injured in an Israeli strike that targeted a residential apartment in the Al-Nasser neighborhood, western Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, according to a source at Al-Shifa Hospital.

#شاهد| قصف جوي ومدفعي متواصل بالتزامن مع إطلاق نار من آليات الاحتلال جنوب شرقي مدينة دير البلح وسط قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/vR5QT0quwL

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 20, 2025

ISRAELI MEDIA: Maariv newspaper reports that the Israeli army is currently suffering from a shortage of an estimated 300 officers in ground force platoon commander positions.

According to the newspaper, the officer deficit is concentrated in the Combat Engineering Corps, which is experiencing a severe lack of platoon leaders and engineering and demolition teams.

Maariv indicated that the army acknowledges the difficulty in convincing qualified soldiers to join officer training courses. This has forced the military, over recent months, to appoint officers from regular and reserve units who have not completed the company commander course.

Meanwhile, Maariv quoted the Israeli army spokesperson’s office as stating that there are no gaps in team leaders within regular battalions and units.

AL-JAZEERA: The vessel Handala of the Freedom Flotilla continues its voyage towards the Gaza Strip for the second consecutive day, after departing from Italian shores yesterday, Sunday.

The organizing committee for the ship’s journey announced an attempt to sabotage the vessel before its departure from the Italian port of Gallipoli, through an attempt to destroy its engine.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera’s correspondent aboard the ship, Mohamed Al-Baqali, stated that the journey is proceeding under normal conditions so far, and it is expected to reach the shores of Gaza within a week.

ARABIC MEDIA: The Director of Medical Relief in Gaza told Al Jazeera:

“Large numbers of starving people are arriving at health centers.

“Only a small amount of medicines and supplies remain in warehouses amidst a shortage of aid.

“We warn of the closure of some hospitals in the Strip due to fuel shortages.

AP: The Associated Press, citing a UN official, reports that Israeli forces opened fire on crowds in Gaza who were attempting to take food from a World Food Program convoy.

The Associated Press also cited an eyewitness who tried to obtain food in Gaza: Tanks suddenly surrounded us for two hours amidst a hail of bullets and shelling. The tanks and drones indiscriminately targeted the starving.

WFP: The World Food Programme reported that aid seekers in Gaza have been shot at by Israeli tanks, snipers, and other sources. Those killed were merely trying to access food while on the brink of starvation. WFP warned that Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached unprecedented levels, with one in three people going without food for several days.

TIMES OF ISRAEL: The Times of Israel reported that Canadian police opened an investigation in June into possible international crimes committed during the Gaza war. Israeli soldiers with Canadian citizenship fear repercussions after their names appeared on a Canadian journalist’s website accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. One Canadian-Israeli soldier said, “It’s scary, we don’t know if traveling to Canada is safe or if we’ll be arrested.”

UNICEF: The UNICEF regional spokesperson told Al-Jazeera that Israel has rejected many aid entry requests, contributing to the current crisis in Gaza.

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources): A disabled Palestinian died from starvation at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.

ISRAELI MEDIA: An Israeli source told Kan that a breakthrough in Doha ceasefire talks could happen within days.