For today, links to reports from Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-3-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll down. NOTE: Only three entries today.) — MCM
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Former Israeli security chiefs warn: Israel on verge of defeat, Gaza war must end now. From Middle East Monitor. Pressure to end the war intensified further on Sunday evening, as a large group of former senior security officials launched a campaign calling for the Gaza war to stop immediately. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye and the Cradle.
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Israeli attacks kill 41 across Gaza, including 20 seeking aid. From Middle East Eye At least 41 Palestinians have been killed since dawn in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources who spoke to Al Jazeera. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 3 Ben-Gvir’s visit to Jerusalem holy site sparks tensions as Israeli fire kills 33 seeking aid, by Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions. The visit came as hospitals in Gaza said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for related AP report.
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Evidence pointing to genocide in Gaza overwhelming, says ex-war crimes prosecutor. From Middle East Monitor. A former deputy prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said the amount of evidence pointing to genocide in Gaza is overwhelming and likened the situation to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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