According to the BBC, which quotes the director of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, at least 21 children died of hunger and malnutrition during the last three days. Some 900,000 Gaza children suffer from hunger and 70,000 of them are in a state of malnutrition, explains Doctor Mohammed Abu Salmiya at the BBC. According to the doctor, diabetics and kidney patients are particularly threatened by famine.
In addition to these figures from the Al-Shifa Hospital, the Ministry of Health led by Hamas specifies that 15 other people died of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza during the past day. This brings the total number of these deaths to 101, according to the ministry, including 80 children.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, called on France Inter this Tuesday to what the “Free and independent press can access Gaza to show what is going on and to testify”. A statement that echoes a press release published the day before by the Agence France Press Journalists (SDJ) (AFP). The SDJ said it was worried about the health of its employees on site. A fear shared by the direction of AFP, which affirms that they “Are in a dreadful situation” and that they risk “To die”. Jean-Noël Barrot said he had “The hope of be able to get some collaborators out journalists in the coming weeks ”. The Minister also condemned “with the greatest firmness “ the “deplorable” extension of the Israeli offensive in Gaza, launched on Monday, “Who will worsen an already catastrophic situation”.
The United Nations accused the Israeli army of having killed on Tuesday, July 22, of having killed in Gaza, on Tuesday, July 22, since the end of May, more than 1,000 people who were trying to obtain humanitarian aid. “”766 of them were killed nearby GHF sites [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, structure controversée pilotée par Israël avec le soutien des Etats-Unis] and 288 near the convoys of UN help and other humanitarian organizations ”said the High Commission for Human Rights, saying that these people were killed “By the Israeli army”.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Managing Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on X on Monday that Israeli soldiers had entered the residence of the staff of the UN agency in Gaza. While the enclave is targeted by a new terrestrial offensive of Israel, the man denounces attacks against several of his premises. The soldiers have “Forced women and children to evacuate places on foot”, while “The male staff and their family members were handcuffed, undressed, interviewed on the spot and checked under the threat of a weapon”describes the director of the WHO. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also condemned the attack on the main WHO warehouse to Deir El-Balah, adding that a “Display is not only necessary, it was only too late.”
“Disgusting ! 25 Nations put pressure on Israel instead of doing so on the savages of Hamas“Said Mike Huckabee, the American ambassador to Israel on X on Monday. The evangelical Christian is very close to the ideas of the Israeli right and opposed to any idea of Palestinian state. His declaration comes in response to the call of 25 countries, including France and the United Kingdom, to end “immediately” to war in the Gaza Strip. The American diplomat considers that in their joint declaration published on Monday, these states “Blâment Israel”. They call to come together “Around a simple and urgent message: the war in Gaza must stop immediately”saying that “The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new heights». After more than 21 months of conflict, the two million Palestinians besieged by Israel in Gaza are on the verge of famine. They denounce “The refusal of the Israeli government to provide essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population”which is “unacceptable”.
The Palestinian refugee camp in Al-Shati in northern Gaza was targeted by Israeli strikes on Tuesday, the civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal announces. According to him, 13 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured. Located on the Mediterranean coast, the camp is home to thousands of Palestinians in tents and makeshift shelters. Almost all of the 2.4 million inhabitants of Gaza have been moved since October 7, 2023. Mahmoud Bassal announced the death of two other people in Deir El-Balah, where the Israeli army announced on Monday that it extended its operations and ordered the population to evacuate. According to the UN Humanitarian Coordination Office (OCHA) between 50,000 and 80,000 people are in this sector, which has so far been considered relatively sure.
On his return from Gaza on Tuesday, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said that the humanitarian situation was there “Morally unacceptable and unjustifiable”. “We have seen men wait for hours under the sun in the hope of a simple meal”says the man of the Church, the highest Catholic authority of Israel. He said his institution and that “The whole Christian community would never abandon them”.
Update At 7:45 p.m., with the declarations of the UN High Commission for Human Rights concerning the deadly balance sheet during food distributions