Israel kills over 70 in Gaza as UN warns of famine survival crisis
Scottish political party urges UK government to sanction Israel
Monitoring Desk
GAZA: A grieving woman sits next to a young boy outside Al-Shifa Hospital as white-shrouded bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike lie on the ground awaiting funeral arrangements in Gaza City on August 22, 2025.
UNICEF said “a real child survival crisis” exists in Gaza as famine was officially declared, warning that it is “already too late” for many children.
At least 37 people, including four children, among victims in a series of Israeli strikes on Gaza in the early hours of this morning.
Two more people starved to death in Gaza over the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, bringing the death toll from starvation and malnutrition to 273, including 112 children.
Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym MSF) said people in Gaza City are experiencing “starvation, disease and death” amid Israel’s ferocious military offensive to occupy the Palestinian city.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 62,622 people and wounded 157,673, while 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
Meanwhile, the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) Middle East spokesperson has urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to sit silently and to take more action in Gaza.
“Your Labour Government cannot sit silent as a genocide unfolds in Gaza and I look forward to hearing from you,” Brendan O’Hara wrote in a letter.
He listed some actions Starmer should take, such as a complete arms embargo on Israel, immediate recognition of a Palestinian state, formally joining the prevention of genocide case brought forth by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and imposing economic sanctions on Israel.
O’Hara also demanded a naval operation to be launched to deliver aid to the enclave, and for a commitment to enforce international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his cabinet.
“Failure to do so is a breach of your legal obligations,” he stressed.
