Live: 54 Palestinians killed, 831 wounded in 24 hours

A 30-year-old man, Wissam Abu Mohsen, has died of malnutrition, according to Al Jazeera, citing sources at Nasser Hospital.

Mohsen is the sixth person to have died of malnutrition in Gaza in 24 hours.

At least 227 people have died in the strip due to malnutrition since 7 October 2023, according to the latest figures from the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza.

The longer children in Gaza are out of school, the greater the risk of a lost generation, warned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).

"Every day away from the classroom takes away the future they deserve," the agency said in a post on X.

"The consequences of this war are long-term for Gaza’s children. A ceasefire is the first step to getting them back to school," it said.

The longer children in #Gaza are out of school, the greater the risk of a lost generation. Every day away from the classroom takes away the future they deserve.

The consequences of this war are long term for Gaza’s children.

A #ceasefire is the first step to getting them back… pic.twitter.com/TV8bsAcmzQ

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 12, 2025

Israeli military forces detained a young Palestinian man with disabilities and two brothers during a pre-dawn incursion in the town of Kafr ad-Dik, west of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

According to local sources, Israeli soldiers arrested Ramadan Jasser ad-Dik, a man with special needs, along with brothers Zahi and Amr Ibrahim ad-Dik, following a large-scale raid on several homes in the town.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office, 19 Palestinians were arrested today in West Bank in areas including Am’ari, Bethlehem, el-Bireh and Hebron, Qalqilya, Salfit and Jenin.

Gaza’s health ministry said five people died "due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, including two children”.

A total number of 227 people, including 103 children, died due to hunger since 7 October, 2023, the ministry said.

Israeli forces shot at and killed at least three people seeking aid, while injuring others, Al Jazeera reported, citing a source at al-Awda Hospital.

Meanwhile, in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood, an Israeli attack killed another person, the sources said.

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has released a statement condemning the targeted killing of the five Palestinian media workers and the killing of nearly 200 others "as a war crime."

The organisation called Israel's accusation of working journalists as terrorists a "baseless smearing," saying that the assassinated journalist Anas al-Sharif’s “reports brought to the world the reality of the horrors being inflicted by the Israeli Government on the civilians in Gaza.”

The statement also pointed out that the Israeli military "shockingly" used a target emoji on the social media post confirming the targeted killing of the journalists.

“The targeting of journalists is a blatant attack on press freedom, and it is also a war crime,” MEAA said. “It must stop.”

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths. pic.twitter.com/FTtwbE9sab

— MEAA (@withMEAA) August 11, 2025

The death toll in the Israeli bombing of two houses in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood has risen to seven, according to Al Jazeera.

The new casualties raised the total number of those killed across Gaza since dawn today to 12, the report said.

Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey have drafted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal to end the war and secure the release of captives, to be presented to Hamas negotiators, Sky News in Arabic reported.

The report said the deal would see all captives and their bodies released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

In exchange, Israel would pull its military back under Arab and American supervision until both sides agree on a deal to disarm Hamas and new governance of Gaza.

According to the plan, Hamas would stop its military activities during the interim phase to allow for talks to reach a permanent deal to end Israel's war on Gaza.

The report said proposal, which is designed to “strip any excuse for occupying Gaza from [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu", will be sent to the American mediators to pass it to Israel if Hamas accepts the offer.

The European Union condemned the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.

"The EU condemns the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in an [Israeli military] air strike outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, including the Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif," she said after EU foreign ministers discussed the war in virtual talks.

The EU took note of Israel's allegations against Sharif of heading a Hamas "terrorist cell", Kallas said, "but there is a need in these cases to provide clear evidence, in the respect of rule of law, to avoid targeting of journalists".

Sharif himself and Al Jazeera previously refused the accusations, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in July called for his protection following online posts by an Israeli military spokesman.

The CPJ had accused Israel of a "pattern" of labelling journalists militants "without providing credible evidence" and reminded that "international law is clear that active combatants are the only justified targets in a war setting."

Good morning Middle East Eye readers.

Here are the most recent key developments:

• Qatar and Saudi Arabia have welcomed Australia's decision to recognise a Palestinian state, as well as the announcement by New Zealand that it was considering taking a similar step.

• The French president Emmanuel Macron praised Australia’s decision to join France, Canada and the UK in recognising a Palestinian state.

• Pop superstar Madonna said the Pope is “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry" to Gaza, urging him to “please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late” in a post on Instagram.

• The former US state secretary Antony Blinken criticised the plan by France, Canada, UK to recognise a Palestinian state in an opinion piece on The Wall Street Journal, saying that the “unconditional” step would not produce a Palestinian state or end the suffering in Gaza.

• Israeli strikes killed at least five displaced people in Khan Younis, and another four Palestinians near al-Faruq Mosque in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. The Wafa news agency reported that one person was killed in an Israeli attack on the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.

Two Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) rescue workers were injured in separate Israeli strikes while they were helping injured people in Gaza, Al Jazeera reported on Monday, 

Noah Shaghnoubi was wounded while trying to rescue injured people inside a house targeted by the Israeli military south of Gaza City, while PRCS paramedic Diaa Mohammed Suleiman al-Bayouk was injured in the arm while responding to a distress call in a house in the University College college area in Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.

The Gaza Municipality, the Chambers of Commerce in the Gaza Strip, and the Coordinating Council of Private Sector Institutions are pleading for urgent international action to halt Israel’s war in Gaza before Gaza City is destroyed, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.

The statement called on the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and countries to act immediately and demand an end to Israel’s war after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he intended to to seize control of Gaza City and the remainder of the Gaza Stip.

The groups warned of a “grave threat” to Gaza City’s inhabitants, heritage, and infrastructure if international organisations and countries do not act immediately,

“Enough killing and bloodshed … Enough destruction and ruin,” the statement read. “We want life and we deserve it”.

The statement also urged media organisations to increase coverage to ensure the detruction of Gaza City does not happen under the cover of silence.

. Gaza City was home to three quarters of a million people before the war.

BBC's reporting on the killing of several Palestinian journalists in Gaza has been on the receiving end of fierce criticism, with thousands on social media saying the broadcaster is “parroting the Israeli narrative”.

Late on Sunday local time, prominent Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh were killed in a drone strike on a press tent near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The strike also took the lives of Al Jazeera staff Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, as well as freelance journalist Mohammed al-Khalidi. 

While many around the world mourned their losses, the BBC’s coverage of the slain journalists received backlash for repeating Israel’s accusation that Sharif had a "dual role" as "journalist and terrorist". 

Israel has routinely made such claims about journalists, which have been strongly rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists. 

One social media user suggested that this was a character assassination, right after Israel killed him. 

You can read more here.

A five-year-old on Monday died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources.

Mohammed Zakaria Khader is the 101st child to die from hunger and malnutrition in the territory, and the 222nd person overall.

All of these deaths are preventable and have arisen from Israel only allowing limited aid into the country and imposing a blockade on humanitarian aid organisations trying to bring aid into the strip.

A "Day of Action" protesting against Israel's war in Gaza took place in both mainland Greece and the islands on Sunday, multiple media outlets reported.

At least 55 protests took place across Greece, organised by a pro-Palestine Greek coalition of groups.

Greece is a popular tourist destination for Israelis, and there have been a series of protests in recent weeks over Israel's war on Gaza.