For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-20-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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UN food agency says Israeli tanks and snipers opened fire on a crowd seeking aid in Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other weapons to fire on a crowd of Palestinians seeking food aid, in what the territory’s Health Ministry said was one of the deadliest days for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war. READ MORE . . . and click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Middle East Eye.
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FROM JULY 20 Gaza on ‘brink of mass death’ due to Israeli-imposed famine. From the Cradle. Authorities in Gaza warned on Sunday that the strip is “on the brink of mass death” due to widespread famine and starvation resulting from Israel’s siege and genocidal war. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 20 Gaza on brink of famine as UN says Israel is starving civilians. From Middle East Monitor. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused Israel of “starving civilians”, including a million children in Gaza, by blocking vital food and medicine deliveries into the besieged enclave. READ MORE . . .
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Israel sends tanks into Gaza’s Deir Al-Balah, raising concerns among hostages’ families, by Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO — Israeli tanks today pushed for the first time into southern and eastern areas of the Gazan city of Deir Al-Balah, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes some of the remaining hostages may be being held. Gaza medics said at least three Palestinians were killed and . . . READ MORE . . . and click HERE for July 20 report from the Cradle.
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Pope speaks against forced mass displacement of Gaza civilians, by Giulia Segreti and Alvise Armellini | Reuters VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo, whose role in advocating for peace in Gaza has become notably stark since Israel struck the territory’s only Catholic church last week, told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today that he opposed . . . READ MORE . . . and click HERE for July 20 report from Reuters.
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