For today, links to seven reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and Middle East Eye, and to an editorial from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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12 killed today in airstrikes in central Gaza as strikes targeting Houthi rebels kill 16. From AP. At least a dozen people were killed in two airstrikes today in central Gaza. Two children and four women were among the dead. Palestinians in the border city of Rafah have reported heavy fighting in recent days as Israel’s military widened its offensive in the south, seizing control of the entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli military says combat in part of north Gaza is over. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have ended combat operations in the Jabalia area of north Gaza after destroying more than 10 kilometres of tunnels during days of intense fighting that included over 200 air strikes, the military said today. At the south end of Gaza . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 30 Israeli airstrike on Rafah kills 12 Palestinians, Gaza medics say, by Dan Williams | Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinian civilians in a dawn air strike on Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday and fighting raged in several other areas of the coastal enclave, Gaza medics said. They said an unspecified number of others were wounded in another Israeli air strike in the centre of Rafah as . . . READ MORE . . .
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Palestinians report blowing up 3 Israeli Merkava tanks in Gaza, Hamas fighters claim. From Tass. BEIRUT — Members of Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said they had blown up three Merkava tanks while repelling Israeli assaults in the south of the Gaza Strip, the movement said. “Our . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 30 Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say, by Tara Copp and Josef Federman | AP WASHINGTON — Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians on Sunday questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. They said the bombs used were likely U.S.-made. READ MORE . . .
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Taylor Swift is urged to end Capital One deal over Israeli arms link, by Imran Mulla | Middle East Eye Taylor Swift is facing calls from some of her fans to sever ties with banking giant Capital One, the main sponsor of the U.S. leg of her music tour, over loans it provided to Israel‘s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems. Using the hashtag #SwiftiesForPalestine . . . READ MORE . . .
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Why Jabalia? From Middle East Monitor For 20 days now, the occupation army has been committing massacres that have caught the attention of the entire world in Jabalia and the city’s refugee camp. Everyone is asking what makes this small spot the subject of this continuous destruction. READ MORE . . .