Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday, US President Donald Trump praised for conveying a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, expressing hope that Trump would take similar steps to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“It is hoped that President Trump will play a similar historical role in achieving peace and a two-state solution for Palestine,” Asif on X, former Twitter wrote.
“President Trump’s role in the mediation of a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia is commendable. There are indications that President Trump can facilitate peace between Russia and Ukraine. In the past, a ceasefire was also made between Pakistan and India through …
– Khawaja M. Asif (@khawajamasif) 9 August 2025
“The innocent Palestinians targeted in Gaza are also looking forward to President Trump’s intervention for lasting peace,” he added.
“Humanity is waiting for an end to Zionist atrocities and Palestinian genocide. The story will remember him forever.”
14 died in Israeli strikes
At least 14 Palestinians, including nine people seeking help, were killed in Israeli attacks over Gaza since dawn, according to local health authorities.
Two people were killed and transported to Nasser Medical Complex from a Global Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) Distribution site in southern Gaza. In Khan Younis, an Israeli air striker killed for an apartment, a woman and wounded another person.
At least 11 more were killed in northern Gaza and taken to Al-Awda Hospital, including six who died while waiting for food near the Netzarim corridor.
The ongoing blockade of Gaza of Israel has created an in -depth hunger crisis, composed of repeated attacks on food distribution points.
Read: Infant, 4-year-old child dies of hunger in gaza
Since the end of May, the UN estimates that at least 859 people have been killed in or around auxiliary distribution sites operated by GHF, a US and Israel-supported company contracted to run food delivery points in the enclave.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) described ghf-driven places as “synonymously with stamped, suffocating crowd waves, violent looting and deadly ‘crowd control’ measures.”
The group called for an immediate end to what it described as Israel’s “militarized food distribution plan”, and refer to it as “institutionalized hunger and dehumanization.”
Condemnations against Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City
Foreign ministers in Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and Britain have strongly condemned Israel’s plan to launch a large -scale military operation in Gaza City, which warns that it risks violating international humanitarian law.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also strongly condemned the Israeli cabinet’s recent approval of a plan to take control of Gaza City, called it illegal and uneven and warned that the move represents a dangerous escalation in the ongoing conflict in Palestine.
“We strongly condemn the Israeli cabinet’s approval of a plan to take illegal and false control over Gaza City. This corresponds to a dangerous escalation in an already disastrous war against the people of Palestine,” the prime minister said.
The message from Israel’s security cabinet on Friday approving the acquisition of Gaza City has given rise to panic among Palestinians who shelter. Almost a million people, many of them displaced several times, are currently in town.
The plan reportedly involves the forced removal of civilians to so -called concentration zones in the southern gaza strip.
“I swear to God that I have been exposed to death as 100 times, so for me it is better to die here,” said Ahmed Hirz, a displaced resident of Gaza City. “I will never leave here,” he said Al Jazeera. “We have gone through suffering and hunger and torture and miserable conditions, and our final decision is to die here.”
Read more: USA offers Israel tacit support for the Gaza plan
US taxpayer dollars used to starve kids
US Senator Bernie Sanders has renewed his criticism of US military aid to Israel in the midst of growing concerns about hunger in Gaza.
In a post of X, Sanders said “18,500 children are killed by the Israeli military in Gaza,” added that “despite these war crimes, the United States has delivered more than $ 22 billion to the war.”
18,500 children have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
Despite these war crimes, the United States has delivered more than $ 22 billion to the war.
Our taxpayer dollars are used to starve children, bomb schools and guns down hungry people when waiting for help. pic.twitter.com/bkh9tvb0lg
– Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sensanders) August 7, 2025
“Our taxpayer dollars are used to starve children, bomb schools and guns down hungry people when they wait for help,” he wrote.
Israeli war against gaza
The Israeli army has launched a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023 and killed at least 58,667 Palestinians, including 17,400 children. More than 139,974 people have been injured and over 14,222 are missing and presumed dead.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrests for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel is also facing a genocide at the International Court of Justice for his war against the enclave. The proposed agreement includes a break in hostilities, increased humanitarian assistance and negotiations on the release of prisoners.
