For today, links to five reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and the Anadolu Agency; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date  is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli tanks advance into areas in north and south Gaza, fighting rages, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Kamel Hamdan | Reuters  CAIRO / GAZA —Israeli forces advanced further today into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 29  The UN starts to move tons of aid from U.S.-built pier after security fears suspended work there, by Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa | AP  JERUSALEM — Humanitarian workers have started moving tons of aid that piled up at a U.S.-built pier off the Gaza coast to warehouses in the besieged Palestinian territory, the United Nations said Saturday, an important step as Washington considers whether . . . READ MORE . . .

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U.S. lawmakers vote to censor Palestinian death toll in Gaza to cover Israel war crimes. From Middle East Monitor. Lawmakers in the United States this week voted to prevent the government from citing the death toll of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israel, in the latest effort to directly censor facts and criticism of the occupation and its war crimes. In a 269 – 144 vote in favour of the bipartisan amendment at the U.S. House of Representatives . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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Gaza death toll nears 37,900 as Israel kills 43 more Palestinians, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency  ANKARA — Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed 43 more Palestinians, pushing up the overall death toll since last October to 37,877 people, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said today. A ministry statement added . . . READ MORE . . .