For today, links to eleven reports: from Reuters, the Cradle, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their inItials below. (GAZA 6-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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UN chief says US-backed Gaza aid operation unsafe, ‘is killing people,’ by Michelle Nichols | Reuters UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that a U.S.-backed aid operation in Gaza is “inherently unsafe” . . . READ MORE . . .
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Doctors warn flour sacks entering Gaza laced with Oxycodone: report. From the Cradle. Information is emerging about the smuggling of the highly addictive opioid pain medication Oxycodone into the Gaza Strip in bags of flour being distributed as humanitarian aid — some of the medication also crushed into powder and mixed into the flour itself. READ MORE . . .
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‘Killing fields’: Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinians at GHF sites. From the Cradle. Israeli soldiers say they are receiving direct orders to shoot unarmed Palestinians seeking food aid at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution points, even when no threat is present, according to several testimonies published by Haaretz on Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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U.S., Israel outline ‘two-state vision’ to stop Gaza genocide, expand Abraham Accords: report. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reached a preliminary agreement on a new strategic vision for West Asia, according to a report by Israel Hayom published today. The proposal includes . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Killing fields’: Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinians at GHF sites. From the Cradle. Israeli soldiers say they are receiving direct orders to shoot unarmed Palestinians seeking food aid at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution points, even when no threat is present, according to several testimonies published by Haaretz on Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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Gaza rescuers say 62 killed by Israeli forces. From AFP. Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least 62 people today, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. READ MORE . . .
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An Israeli strike kills 18 Palestinians in central Gaza as turmoil mounts over food distribution, by Wafaa Shurafa, Kareem Chehayeb and Sam Metz | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike hit a street in central Gaza on Thursday where witnesses said a crowd of people was getting bags of flour from a Palestinian police unit that had confiscated the goods from gangs looting aid convoys. The strike was the latest . . .. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. to fund Gaza food plan mired in chaos and killings. Reported by Aya Batrawy and A Martínez | NPR A new Israeli-backed plan to control the limited food supplies in Gaza has been deadly, and mired in chaos. Despite this, the Trump administration says it’s allocating $30 million for the plan. . . . Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Links to previous reports HERE.
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FROM JUNE 26 Israel stops aid to northern Gaza, officials say, as clans deny Hamas is stealing it. From Reuters. Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from the south, two officials said on Thursday, after images circulated of masked men on aid trucks – who clan leaders said were protecting aid, not in fact members of Hamas stealing it. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for June 27 report from Middle East Monitor, and HERE for June 26 report from the Cradle.
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Battling to survive, Hamas faces defiant clans and doubts over Iran, by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Jonathan Saul and Alexander Cornwell | Reuters CAIRO / LONDON — Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas is battling to survive in Gaza in the face of rebellious local clans and relentless Israeli military pressure. READ MORE . . .