Six more people die of malnutrition, while Itamar Ben-Gvir is the prime minister to pray publicly in a sensitive place
At least 27 people were killed by Israeli forces while trying to get food and another six hungry or malnutrition in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials said, amid a regional protest about the visit of an Israeli minister to Jerusalem’s most sensitive sacred site.
Witnesses said the Israeli forces shot hungry crowds trying to gain food help from a US Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by the US, with some describing the fire as indiscriminate.
“I couldn’t stop and help because of the bullets,” Yousef Abed told Associated Press after seeing at least three people bleeding to the ground while Israeli forces opened fire.
Sunday’s murders were the latest in a series of fatal shootings against hungry people. At least 1,400 people have been killed while seeking help since May 27, most close to GHF facilities, while others were killed along the aid train routes, the UN said on Friday. GHF says it only uses pepper spray or fires warning shots to control crowds.
In total, 119 people have been killed in Gaza by shootings and Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours, including those seeking help, the Gaza Ministry of Health said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that the Israeli army attacked its headquarters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Sunday, killing an employee and injuring another three. A video recorded by an employee showed the fire headquarters after the attack, which destroyed much of the building.
Images of the Crescent Palestinian Red supposedly show his flames after Israeli attack – Video
A separate Israeli attack hit a school in Khan Youis that displaced people used as a shelter, killing at least two people.
The population of Gaza is increasingly desperate, as the territory sinks even more in hunger, which, according to experts, is the result of Israel’s continuous blockade to humanitarian aid. Israel vehemently denied a hunger crisis in Gaza and announced expanded help measures last week, but humanitarian experts claim that Israel continues to severely restrict the entry of help.
Six people starved or malnourished in the last 24 hours, health officials reported, raising the total hunger deaths to 175, 93 of which they were children. The pace of hunger deaths increased in July, with more people starving than in the previous 20 months combined.
Humanitarian say a much larger amount of help needs to enter Gaza to help stabilize hunger emergence.
“We need the sustainable entry of humanitarian aid to flood Gaza with help for a relatively long period. Patients and hospitals need more food than normal to contribute to their recovery,” said Hónm Mhanna, Gaza’s CIABOO spokesman.
He said the emergency aggravated the existing crises in Gaza, which include a devastated health system and the dissemination of disease. Faced with hunger and lack of humanitarian supplies, humanitarian aid groups are having difficulty helping the Gaza population.
In total, at least 60,839 people were killed in Gaza during the current Israeli military operations, launched after Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people.
While Israeli attacks were still in Gaza, Israel’s Far-Right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, led prayers in the Al-AQSA mosque in busy eastern Jerusalem, causing indignation between the regional powers. Ben-Gvir was among a group of about 1,250 people who prayed in the complex on Sunday, under the protection of the Israeli army.
The complex, which the Jews call the temple mount, is a highly revered place – the most sacred of Judaism and the third most sacred of Islam. The place is in the custody of Jordan; According to a deal of decades, Jews are allowed to visit it, but not to pray.
Jordan condemned the visit, which described as “an unacceptable provocation.” His Foreign Ministry stated that he “affirmed the absolute rejection and strong condemnation of the kingdom to the continuous unacceptable incursions of extremist minister Ben-Gvir.”
Ben-Gvir’s visit was in honor of Tisha B’av, when the Jews mourned the destruction of two Jewish temples, and it was the first time an Israeli minister publicly prayed at the site.
The complex has been the scene of clashes in the past, with Israeli police invading the mosque in 2023 after Palestinians occupied it in response to reports that Jews were planning a religious ceremony there.
Ben-Gvir called for the attachment of Gaza and the departure of the Palestinians from the territory in Al-AQSA on Sunday. He said in an X publication, “A message needs to be sent: to ensure that we win the entire range of Gaza, we declare sovereignty… This is the only way to return the hostages and win the war.”
Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement after the visit saying that the policy governing the complex “has not changed and will not change.”
The controversy emerged while the Israeli audience was recovering from the release of two videos over the weekend showing hostages emanated by Hamas in Gaza, which triggered protests on Saturday.
On Sunday, Netanyahu requested the help of the Red Cross International Committee to provide food and medical assistance to Gaza hostages.
Hamas replied that it was ready to provide help from the Red Cross hostages if Israel interrupted “all forms of air traffic” during the delivery of the packages.
Occupied West Bank was also taken by demonstrations on Sunday, with thousands protesting the war in Gaza and the detention of Palestinians in Israeli arrests. Protesters carried photos of Palestinians killed or detained by Israel, as well as photos of hungry children in Gaza.
More than 10,800 Palestinians are detained in Israeli arrests. Human rights groups documented widespread torture of Palestinians by prison guards and Israeli soldiers, including sexual abuse, food deprivation and physical abuse.
Originally published by The Guardian on 03/08/2025
By William Christou in Jerusalem
Source: https://www.ocafezinho.com/2025/08/04/forcas-israelenses-matam-pelo-menos-27-em-local-de-alimentacao-enquanto-visita-do-ministro-a-al-aqsa-causa-indignacao/
