A far-right Israeli minister prays at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, known to Jews as Temple Mount, sparking regional condemnation. Meanwhile, 27 more Gazans have been killed seeking aid, officials say.

The violence came a day after US officials visited the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation GHF site, and the US ambassador Steve Witkoff described the troubled system as “an incredible feat.”V

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy visited a U.S.-backed aid operation in Gaza on Friday, which the United Nations has partly blamed for deadly conditions in the enclave, saying he sought to get food and other aid to people there.