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Israeli Strikes, Gunfire Kill 33 as Gaza City Becomes Focus of Famine, Military Offensive

Israeli military operations target Hamas strongholds amid a declared famine affecting 500,000 Palestinians, with at least 33 killed in strikes, escalating humanitarian and political tensions.

  • On Saturday, Israeli military strikes killed at least 33 Palestinians in Khan Younis, as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported Friday that famine is occurring in Gaza City, threatening nearly half a million with catastrophic hunger.
  • The conflict began with Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack that took about 250 hostages and killed about 1,200 people, while months of Israeli restrictions and an earlier blockade this year have constrained food and medical supplies, prompting repeated warnings of starvation from aid groups.
  • Local hospitals and morgue records show Israeli strikes killed many women and children in tents sheltering displaced people in Khan Younis, and gunfire killed at least five aid-seekers near the Zikim crossing on Saturday.
  • Ceasefire efforts are currently on hold as mediators await Israel's next steps, while Israel's government rejected the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's famine declaration as "an outright lie" and Netanyahu's office said it allowed aid, blaming Hamas.
  • With ground troops on Gaza City's outskirts, a military operation could start within days, risking the 20 hostages believed to have survived; Gaza's Health Ministry reports at least 62,622 Palestinians killed.
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Gulf Today broke the news in United Arab Emirates on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
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