Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
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Evening recap

21 July 2025 00:45 BST

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

  • The Palestinian death toll from Israel's war on Gaza since October 2023 has risen to at least 58,895 fatalities, with an additional 140,980 people wounded. The majority of the victims are women and children.

  • Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, most as they waited for desperately needed food aid.

  • At least 18 people have died in the the past 24 hours in Gaza due to hunger, dehydration or malnutrition, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

  • Among the dead was a four-year-old girl has died from severe malnutrition and hunger in the Gaza Strip, according to Wafa news agency.

  • Seven Palestinian civilians, including a child, have been killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces bombed tents sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza.

  • Medics at al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah confirmed that the girl, identified as Razan Abu Zaher, died on Sunday due to complications arising from acute malnutrition.

  • Between March and June, Unrwa's health centres conducted nearly 74,000 screenings for children under the age of five. These screenings revealed approximately 5,500 cases of severe acute malnutrition and over 800 were classified as the most critical.

  • The UN’s humanitarian affairs office has warned that families in Gaza are enduring “catastrophic hunger,” with children “wasting away” and some dying before help can reach them.

  • The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has condemned Israel’s continued ban on international journalists entering Gaza, calling the situation a “livestream of horrors” that has lasted for 650 days.

  • The Israeli army has issued new expulsion orders on Sunday, demanding the evacuation of additional areas in Deir al-Balah, located in the central Gaza Strip. 

  • Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of the capital Rabat on Sunday, protesting against Israel's war on Gaza and calling for the reversal of the kingdom's normalisation deal with Israel.