Israel kills 30 in Gaza; clashes resume in Syria’s Suwayda

In Al-Aqsa Hospital, the emergency rooms are crowded with children and patients showing severe signs of malnutrition: sunken eyes, emaciated bodies and severe fatigue.

The medical teams are operating with very, very limited resources. They say that what is going on is not just a hunger crisis, it’s a full collapse of the human body under siege.

People are saying that they have gone for days without getting anything to eat. Food is starting to run out from local markets and the only source of aid right now is the aid provided by the notorious Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Children are crying every single minute, calling for food, for bread, for flour. These products are no longer available in Gaza’s markets.
Pro-Palestinian rap group Kneecap will not be charged over Glastonbury performance
Irish-language rap group Kneecap will face no further action over their performance at the UK’s Glastonbury festival last month, police say.

In a statement, Avon and Somerset police said that an investigation had been carried out into “comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury festival”.

The statement said that police had sought advice from the Crown Prosecution Service and decided to take no further action “on the grounds there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence”.

During their appearance in front of tens of thousands of fans chanting “Free Palestine”, Kneecap gave a “shout-out” to Palestine Action, a group that UK Interior Minister Yvette Cooper had previously announced would be banned under the Terrorism Act of 2000.

Kneecap acknowledged the police statement in a social media post, saying, “One element of the political policing intimidation attempt is over.”

One of the band’s members is already facing a charge for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation at one of the group’s shows in London.

Avon and Somerset police said they were continuing to make inquiries about comments made during a set by punk-rap group Bob Vylan at Glastonbury, after the lead singer started a chant wishing death on the Israeli military.
321 killed in Suwayda violence, says monitoring group
The Syrian Network for Human Rights, a group that documents human rights violations, says that 321 people have been killed in the sectarian violence around the southern Syrian city of Suwayda since Sunday.

The toll included six children, nine women, medical personnel and other civilian casualties, as well as armed Bedouin and Druze fighters and government security forces.

It said at least 436 people had been injured in the violence around the Druze-majority city.

As we reported earlier, a Syrian minister says that the government has recovered 87 bodies from around Suwayda, but he did not indicate whether that represented the entire toll from recent violence.

Time for a recap
If you have just joined us, here are the latest developments:

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since dawn, including seven people who were seeking aid, sources in hospitals in the Strip tell Al Jazeera.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes west of southern Suwayda, “pitting tribal fighters and Bedouin supported by the authorities on one side, against Druze fighters on the other”.
An unnamed Israeli official has told reporters that Israel “has agreed to allow limited entry of the [Syrian] internal security forces into Suwayda district for the next 48 hours” due to the ongoing instability in southwest Syria.
Syria’s Interior Ministry says reports that it was preparing to redeploy government troops to the southern province of Suwayda, in response to renewed fighting between tribal groups, are inaccurate, according to state media.
The UN Human Rights Office says credible reports indicate widespread rights violations have been committed by all factions fighting in Suwayda, including summary executions, arbitrary killings, kidnappings, destruction and looting of homes.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, have entered Gaza to visit the Holy Family Church that was bombed by Israel on Thursday, Vatican News has reported.

Hundreds of families evacuated from Suwayda, says government minister
A Syrian government minister says hundreds of families have been evacuated from Suwayda and dozens of bodies recovered, as the government responds to the fighting in the south.

Raed al-Saleh, Syria’s minister of disaster management and emergency response, said the government had formed a joint operations room coordinating state institutions and humanitarian organisations in response to calls for help from citizens caught up in the violence.

He said their efforts had led to more than 570 wounded patients being treated and the bodies of 87 victims being recovered. Hundreds of families had been evacuated to safer areas, he added.