For today, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Mondoweiss, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Truthout via ScheerPost; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 6-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Gaza officials say Israeli forces killed 27 heading to aid site. Israel says it fired near suspects, by Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy and Fatma Khaled | AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli forces fired on people as they headed toward an aid distribution site today, killing at least 27, in the third such incident in three days. The army said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye.
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Wilful restriction on Gaza food aid may constitute war crime, says UN rights office. From Reuters. GENEVA — The United Nations human rights office said today that the wilful impediment of access to food and relief for civilians in Gaza may constitute a war crime, describing attacks on civilians trying to access food aid as unconscionable. READ MORE . . .
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GHF denies involvement after Israel commits new massacre near Gaza aid site. From the Cradle. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has denied any involvement or responsibility for the new massacre near its distribution site in the southern city of Rafah, which saw Israeli army troops gun down dozens of Palestinian aid seekers today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 2 Aid massacre: Israeli forces kill 75 Palestinians at U.S.-run aid distribution center, by Tareq S. Hajjaj | Mondoweiss / ScheerPost On Sunday morning at dawn, Palestinians from southern Gaza headed to the aid distribution point in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF), the U.S. contractor tasked with delivering aid to Palestinians instead of the UN. Once thousands of arrived . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 2 A new Gaza food distribution site erupted into chaos and violence this weekend. Reported by Carrie Kahn and Daniel Estrin | NPR Reports of deadly shootings by the Israeli military close to a new food distribution site in Gaza are coming under heavy criticism from the U.S.-backed group distributing the food. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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U.S. warns UK and France not to recognise Palestinian state. From Middle East Eye. The U.S. has warned Britain and France against recognising a Palestinian state at a UN conference to be co-hosted later this month by France and Saudi Arabia. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 1 The genocide in Gaza isn’t just attacking our bodies, it’s erasing our memories, by Abdallah Aljazzar | Truthout / ScheerPost Maybe forgetting is a shield. In Diving for Seahorses: The Science and Secrets of Memory, Hilde and Ylva Østby explain how trauma can fragment or erase memory entirely. When the brain is overwhelmed by fear, it cannot . . . READ MORE . . .
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