Gaza, 6-17-24

For now, links to five reports from the Associated Press, the Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor, and Reuters, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; 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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The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more, by Sarah al Deeb | AP To a degree never seen before, Israel is killing entire Palestinian families, a loss even more devastating than the physical destruction and the massive displacement. An Associated Press investigation identified . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 16  9 Palestinians, including 6 children, killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, by Mohammed Majed | Anadolu Agency  GAZA CITY, Palestine — At least nine Palestinians, including six children, were killed and many others were injured on Sunday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, due to an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 16  Hamas chief says response to ceasefire proposal aligns with UN Security Council resolution. From Middle East Monitor.  The leader of Hamas’s Political Bureau on Sunday affirmed that his movement’s response to the ceasefire proposal aligns with the principles outlined in U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech and the UN Security Council resolution regarding the Gaza Strip, Anadolu news agency reported. READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said today, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.

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The TikTok generation is seeing the truth about Israel’s war on Gaza, by Myriam François | Middle East Eye  Gaza is now likely to have the largest number of child amputees of any conflict in modern history. In January, Unicef estimated that around 1,000 children in Gaza had lost one or both their legs — quivalent to . . . READ MORE . . .

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