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The Ministry of Health recorded 58 people killed over the past 24 hours, including 22 while seeking aid. Three more people died due to starvation. In total, Israel has killed at least 62,122 Palestinians and injured 156,758 since October 7, 2023, according to the Ministry of Health.
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The Israeli military announced it has called up 60,000 reservists and extended the service of an additional 20,000 military members. One of the largest mobilizations in recent months comes as Israel plans to escalate its military assault on Gaza, take control of Gaza City, and forcibly displace up to a million Palestinians to the south. Over the past week, the Israeli military has escalated its attack on the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City—capturing a large area, destroying buildings, and displacing many of its residents—and is now targeting the Sabra neighborhood while also pummeling Jabaliya.
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Satellite images show Gaza City tent camps have emptied as Palestinians flee advancing Israeli forces, with at least 132 buildings destroyed over several days this month and nearly 60 military vehicles pushing in. The assault comes as Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal mediated by Qatar and Egypt, and Israel considers whether to agree to a pause or proceed with a full-scale invasion that the UN warns would have “catastrophic consequences.”
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Israel Hayom, a daily newspaper in Israel, reveals the existence of the IDF’s “Population Relocation Unit,” which is preparing to forcibly displace nearly 1 million Palestinians from Gaza City south of the Netzarim Corridor. The Southern Command’s Population Relocation Unit is tasked with mapping civilians, issuing evacuation notices, and shelling with artillery which the report calls the “clearest message” to leave. COGAT has begun preparing infrastructure to absorb the displaced: tents and other shelter equipment entered Gaza this week for the first time since March 2, and plans were approved in late July to build a UAE-funded water pipeline from Egypt to the al-Mawasi future concentration camp. Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s government voted today to approve a $9 billion increase to the 2025 budget, with $473 million going toward humanitarian aid for Gaza.
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An Israeli strike on a tent in Shati Camp, Gaza City, killed 5 people: three children (ages 9, 7, and 4) and their parents.
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Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry: “The occupancy rate of hospital beds has reached 300%, an unprecedented figure that reflects the scale of the health and humanitarian catastrophe we are experiencing today.”
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CNN reports that, since August 2, Israel has repeatedly blocked the same WHO truck carrying ICU beds for Gaza, turning it back four times after forcing the driver through 24-hour reviews before rejection.
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Via @WearThePeaceCo: “Today, over 1,000 orphans at the Al-Wafa Orphan Village in Gaza graduated school, filled with emotion as no parents could attend because Israel has killed them.”
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Mohammad Sha'lan, who played basketball for the Palestine national team, was murdered by an Israeli soldier as he sought food for his children at an “aid distribution point” south of Khan Younis.
Diplomatic Negotiations
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Hamas’s negotiating team—including Khalil al-Hayya, Zaher Jabarin, and Husam Badran—has left Cairo, while Ghazi Hamad remains to coordinate humanitarian aid with Egypt. Mediators report Hamas’s response was “positive and almost identical” to what Israel previously accepted, and once Israel replies, a new round of talks is expected in Doha with Egypt, Qatar, the U.S., and EU coordinating Rafah border arrangements.
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Israeli media report that Netanyahu has kept his response to Hamas’s accepted ceasefire proposal deliberately ambiguous, holding only limited consultations and insisting on a “comprehensive deal” rather than a partial one. The Times of Israel reported that “Netanyahu seemingly dismissed the Hamas response and signaled that Israel was moving forward with its plan to take over” Gaza City. Other reports cite security sources saying Hamas’s proposal “almost corresponds to what Israel demanded,” and as chances of a deal under the Witkoff framework have increased, Israel has yet to formally reply. Egypt, Qatar, and the U.S. have urged a prompt response as Israeli forces plan for a Gaza City offensive.
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Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said the group has accepted mediators’ latest proposal and is awaiting Israel’s response, accusing Netanyahu of seeking to prolong “war, genocide, and ethnic cleansing.” He urged the U.S. and international community to intervene, warning that ignoring international law and Palestinian rights will endanger both regional and global stability.
West Bank
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released footage from inside an Israeli prison showing images of the destruction of Gaza to taunt Palestinian prisoners. The video shows Ben-Gvir inside the prison flanked by officials and pointing to a large photograph of rubble and destroyed buildings in Gaza posted on the wall. "So they know that the Israeli people are not to be underestimated,” Ben-Gvir says in the video. “This is what they see in the morning, if they look."
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Via Jasper Nathaniel: 16-year-old Palestinian American Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, detained in Israel since February, has been granted a court date tomorrow after more than six months in pretrial detention, during which he has lost over 12 kg (26 pounds) and contracted scabies in Megiddo prison, while his family denies the allegations and warns his health is rapidly deteriorating.
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In Hebron, an Israeli military jeep rammed a Palestinian public transport van used by families and children, as journalist @tamerqdh documented in a shared video, highlighting the daily dangers under occupation.