For now, links to eight reports: from Agence France-Presse, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle, and to photos from AP; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for today, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israel denies causing ‘famine’ In Gaza, blames Hamas. From AFP. The Israeli government today said it was not responsible for a chronic shortage of food in Gaza, instead accused Palestinian militants Hamas of deliberately creating a crisis. READ MORE . . .
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Israel claims over 100 aid groups lying about starvation of their staff in Gaza. From Middle East Eye. Israel has responded to a statement signed by over 100 aid organisations earlier on Wednesday by describing reports of the mass starvation of NGO staff in Gaza as “the propaganda of Hamas.” READ MORE . . .
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Top adviser to Netanyahu will meet U.S. envoy as Gaza hunger deepens and deaths increase. From AP. Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 21 people late Tuesday and early today, health officials said, as hunger worsened among Palestinians struggling to live under the weight of the 21-month war. READ MORE . . .
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Gaza has been at risk of famine for months, experts say. Here’s why they haven’t declared one, by Jamey Keaten and Sam Mednick | AP Famine occurs when these conditions are met. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for 17 related photos from AP.
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AFP news agency says its journalists in Gaza are at risk of starving to death. Reported by Sacha Pfeiffer | NPR AFP’s global news director Phil Chetwynd says the French news service’s journalists in Gaza are at risk of starving to death. The agency is struggling to get those journalists out of Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for July 22 report from Reuters.
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UNRWA chief: UN staff facing growing restrictions in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Tuesday that humanitarian workers are facing increasing restrictions when reporting atrocities in the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 22 U.S. withdraws from UNESCO over ‘anti-Israel bias.’ From the Cradle. Washington announced on Tuesday it will withdraw the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, citing its inclusion of Palestine as a member state. READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED