Gaza City faces growing humanitarian crisis

The conflict deepens as civilians escape bombardment while residents protest a plan they view as sealing occupation.

Gaza City civilians flee Israeli raids as protests grow against occupation plan

Gaza City's Hamas run administration says about 80 percent of the area's infrastructure has been damaged after nearly two years of Israeli attacks. Four remaining hospitals are operating at less than 20 percent of capacity due to shortages of medicines and supplies.

The United Nations estimates that about 1.9 million people in Gaza have been displaced, roughly 90 percent of the population. The UN also warns of widespread malnutrition and famine possible scenarios as aid access remains restricted. On Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry reported 11 more deaths from malnutrition, including a child, bringing the tally to 251 deaths, with 108 of them children. A Gazan woman evacuated to Italy for treatment died in Pisa after arriving severely underweight, highlighting the desperation tied to medical and humanitarian care.

International voices including the UK, EU, Australia, Canada and Japan have warned that famine is unfolding and urged action to reverse starvation. Aid groups say they have been unable to deliver a single humanitarian truck to Gaza since March, due to blockades and gate closures at border crossings. Local authorities say at least 13 people were shot by Israeli troops while waiting for food near distribution sites. UN figures show at least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food since late May, with the broader toll of the war surpassing 61,000 according to Hamas health ministry figures that the UN treats as credible.

The crisis lays bare the friction between military action and humanitarian duty. Even as the world speaks of famine warnings, practical relief remains constrained by limited aid corridors and political pushback. The result is a humanitarian clock that risks slipping beyond a fix. The reporting also underscores how numbers of displaced and dead have become a backdrop to daily life marked by fear, hunger, and incomplete information. The question for leaders is not only how to stop the fighting but how to shield innocent civilians from the worst outcomes as aid delivery struggles to reach them.

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The coming days will reveal whether relief channels can reopen fast enough to avert a deeper humanitarian catastrophe.