Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry: more than 30 dead from starvation
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 30 people have died of starvation in the past two days, as Israel continues an offensive in the centre of the territory. Newshour hears form a resident of Gaza City.
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(Picture: Smoke rises in the aftermath of an Israeli military operation in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.1 | Coming to you live from London, I'm Paul Henley. |
| 0:10.3 | The head of Gaza's biggest hospital says 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the past three days. |
| 0:19.0 | Gaza's population of more than 2 million people is facing severe shortages of food and other essentials, |
| 0:24.9 | with residents frequently killed as they tried to collect humanitarian aid at a handful of official Israeli distribution points. |
| 0:33.1 | The head of the UN Antonio Guterres called Gaza a horror show in a speech today, with what he |
| 0:39.1 | called a level of death and destruction without parallel in recent times. But Israel's |
| 0:44.5 | blockade and military offensive continues. A dawn this morning, an Israeli airstrike was reported |
| 0:50.0 | to have hit the Shati refugee camp near Gaza City, killing at least 15. |
| 0:55.3 | One young girl who was injured spoke to BBC Arabic's emergency radio. |
| 1:05.0 | We were asleep when a rocket suddenly struck our tent. |
| 1:08.4 | I woke up to find my sister covered in blood. |
| 1:12.3 | I realised she'd been killed. My brother was also bleeding, wounded in his legs and back. I tried to run, but another |
| 1:19.5 | rocket hit nearby. I collapsed, unable to walk. Strattnall had pierced my head, leg and hand. |
| 1:26.4 | There was no one to treat us. |
| 1:28.7 | My sister died because no help came. |
| 1:31.3 | Many others were killed that night, and our tent was completely destroyed. |
| 1:35.6 | Many people were blown to pieces. |
| 1:41.3 | Asma Mustafa is one of those who can attest to the hunger and insecurity in Gaza. |
| 1:47.1 | Asma, incidentally, won the Global Teacher Award in 2020. |
| 1:51.4 | She's been forced to flee her home in Gaza City and head to the west to the coast. |
| 1:56.2 | She sent the BBC this voice note. |
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