Gaza's hunger crisis dominates headlines, but most deaths come from Israel's airstrikes

Despite being less deadly than July, around 70 people were killed daily in Gaza in August; An attempt to clarify why 29 Israeli strikes that killed 180 people were carried out was met with vague answers, or silence

Last Monday, four shells struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, killing 22 people. In the nine minutes between the first and second strikes, medical staff and journalists gathered at the site of the first hit – on the hospital's emergency stairwell. Television cameras were pointed there, which is why the second, deadly strike was so thoroughly recorded.

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