Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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Main events on August 3rd

• The Israeli military killed at least 92 Palestinians, including 56 aid seekers, during its attacks on the Gaza Strip, as the enclave continues to grapple with famine and mass starvation.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the videos of emaciated captives in Gaza show that Hamas does not want a ceasefire deal, while Hamas said it is open to accepting food and medicine for the captives from the Red Cross, once permanent “humanitarian corridors” are opened and aid is delivered to the people of Gaza.
• Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir drew condemnation from across the region again after he stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound with settlers, this time to personally lead prayers, a severe violation of the status quo governing the third-most holy site in Islam.
• A group of former Israeli military and intelligence heads said the government must immediately end the war as it faces a strategic impasse and “defeat”.
• France deported a Gaza student who was due to join a university in Lille with a government scholarship and halted all Gaza evacuations because she allegedly reposted “anti-Semitic” content.
• The Houthis in Yemen said they launched three drones at military targets in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Haifa, with the Israeli army saying it shot down one drone and encountered no others.
• One Palestinian was shot during raids by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians also organised more demonstrations to condemn starvation in Gaza.

It made the mainstream news now

Whistleblower: 10-year-old Palestinian boy ‘gunned down’ after receiving food aid

Anthony Aguilar, a former Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor, describes what he saw on the ground in Gaza while trying to distribute aid to hungry Palestinians, including meeting a young 10-year-old boy, Amir, who thanked him and his colleague for the aid he was able to retrieve. Moments later, he says Amir was “gunned down” and killed. "We have no excuse as a nation...as a world to look at this and say we didn't know," he says.

“Israel’s Military Operation is COMPLETELY Wrong”—US Lt Col Daniel Davis

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis shares his journey to realizing that Israel is committing a holocaust in Gaza. Lt Col Davis criticizes the Trump admin’s denial of Gaza’s starvation, and challenges conservatives who claim to care about the “right to life” to care about ALL human life, including the lives of Palestinians.

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis is a four time 4x combat veteran, the author of Eleventh Hour in 2020 America and the host of the Daniel Davis Deep Dive on YouTube. He was one of the earliest military officers to publicly criticize the war in Afghanistan. In 2025, Davis was selected by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard for appointment as deputy director for mission integration. Gabbard withdrew the selection prior to Davis' appointment after news of its pendency leaked, possibly over his criticism of Israel.