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.”

US STATE DEPARTMENT: The US State Department confirmed that Special Envoy for the Middle East Stephen Witkoff will head to the region, accompanied by a State Department team.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli websites reported that five soldiers were injured after a shell fell on an Israeli military camp in southern Gaza, with two of them in serious condition. The Israeli army separately announced two soldiers were wounded in central Gaza after an explosive device detonated

ISRAELI MEDIA: The family of Israeli captive Rom Breslavsky said no one knows his whereabouts and demanded a meeting with the Chief of Staff or Defense Minister. They insisted on full disclosure from officials, not partial updates.

WHO: The WHO representative in Palestine said that their operations were severely affected by evacuation orders. Shelter locations and warehouses were well known, yet WHO staff and their families were targeted, detained, and subjected to degrading treatment.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: Al-Qassam Brigades announced they targeted a Merkava Israeli tank with a Yassin 105 shell in the Shalehat Al-Ja’frawi area, southeast of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.

HAMAS: Hamas stated that the Palestinian people are starving, and it is time to break the chains, open the crossings, and rescue the starving in Gaza.

SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER: Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, in an interview with Al Jazeera, accused Israel of deliberately blocking humanitarian aid and forcibly displacing civilians.

FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER: Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said they signed a statement with around 30 foreign ministers calling for an immediate, unconditional, and lasting ceasefire in Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The Health Ministry in Gaza announced the shutdown of several hospitals and clinics in Gaza City and the northern Strip due to Israel’s refusal to allow fuel entry.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Dozens of Israelis remain stranded on a ship on a Greek island after a protest against Israeli policies, with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar contacting Greek authorities to resolve the situation.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: According to Gaza hospitals, 51 Palestinians were martyred by Israeli fire since dawn today, including 14 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The death toll from famine and malnutrition has risen to 101, including 80 children. In the past 24 hours alone, 15 people, including 4 children, died due to starvation.

EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF: Killing civilians seeking aid in Gaza is unjustifiable. All options are on the table if Israel fails to meet its commitments.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades targeted an Israeli armored personnel carrier with a Yasin 105 shell southeast of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.

RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT (to Al-Jazeera):

We must deliver food and medicine to Gaza immediately.

Even our medical teams have no food.

We have lost 50 team members in Gaza.

There is no safe place in Gaza.

We appeal to the world to witness and act.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: 94% of health facilities are damaged and half of the hospitals are non-functional in Gaza.

UK FOREIGN SECRETARY:

I feel the same as the British people: what is happening in Gaza is shocking and disgusting.

When you see children reaching out for food and being shot dead in Gaza, it is natural to condemn it.

We will continue to pressure and urge the Israeli government to listen to the 83% of its population demanding an end to the war.

AL-SHIFA MEDICAL COMPLEX DIRECTOR (to Al-Jazeera): We had to shut down the dialysis unit to save the dwindling fuel. The occupation is giving us fuel in a drip-feed system.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Medical sources in Gaza hospitals reported four deaths since dawn on Tuesday, including two children, due to malnutrition and dehydration.

Medical sources in Gaza hospitals reported four deaths since dawn on Tuesday, including two children, due to malnutrition and dehydration. pic.twitter.com/iPSJHhuDWq

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 22, 2025

UK FOREIGN SECRETARY:

Food must not be used as a weapon of war in Gaza.

We will consider further actions with our partners if we do not see a ceasefire in Gaza.

GAZA MEDICAL RELIEF DIRECTOR TO AL JAZEERA: We have entered a danger phase of famine, expecting mass death among women and children.

Large numbers are suffering from malnutrition in health centers.

Sixty thousand pregnant women in Gaza are suffering from malnutrition and hunger.

UNRWA: Gaza residents, including our staff, are fainting from severe hunger. The blockade must be lifted to allow food and medicine into Gaza.

ANSARALLAH MILITARY SPOKESMAN YAHYA SAREE: We targeted Lod Airport with a hypersonic ballistic missile. Our operations will continue until the war on Gaza ends and the siege is lifted.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Deir Al-Balah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian media reported Israeli airstrikes on eastern Jabaliya and eastern Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.

NETANYAHU: The war will end only when Hamas surrenders and lays down its arms, maybe we’ll allow them to leave Gaza.

AL-AQSA TV: Israeli forces heavily fired smoke bombs in southern Deir Al-Balah amid their ground incursion.

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli media reported the interception of a missile launched from Yemen, with sirens sounding and Israeli airspace closed.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian media shared footage of victims of the Al-Shati massacre, killed in their tents while asleep and starving.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Palestinian media reported that Israeli occupation forces committed a massacre before dawn on Wednesday by targeting the tents of displaced people in Al-Shati Camp, west of Gaza City.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION:

The Israeli army raided our headquarters in Deir Al-Balah, forcing women and children to evacuate.

Our staff housing in Deir Al-Balah was attacked three times and our main warehouse was targeted.

With 88% of Gaza under evacuation orders, there is no safe place left.

We call on member states to immediately ensure the continuous flow of medical supplies to Gaza.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: Munir Al-Bursh, Director-General of Gaza’s Health Ministry, told Al Jazeera that twenty people died of starvation in Gaza within 48 hours.

AL-JAZEERA: Taher Al-Nounou, media advisor to the head of Hamas’ political bureau: Hamas is discussing mediator proposals with Palestinian factions to reach an agreement to end the war on Gaza.

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.