CAIRO – 29 August 2025: The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 63,025, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023, as the majority of the victims were women and children, according to WAFA news agency.
At least 159,490 others were injured, while another number of victims remain under the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense crews.
The Israeli army announced, Friday that it has begun the “initial” stage of its operation to take over Gaza City, which, during the war, had been home to nearly half of the enclave’s 2.2 million residents.
While a UN-backed report has confirmed famine in Gaza City, the army stated on Friday that the “tactical pauses” announced last month to allow limited aid deliveries to specific areas across the Strip will no longer apply to the city.
The decision took effect at 10 a.m. local time today, according to the Israeli military, which has declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”
A report published last week by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) officially confirmed famine in Gaza City and surrounding areas for the first time.
The analysis found that over half a million people in Gaza are currently trapped in famine conditions, and projected that by the end of September, famine will spread across the enclave.
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