For now, links to three reports and a commentary, all from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, LEBANON and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 6-12-26.) — MCM

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Israeli army kills Palestinian municipality worker in central Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. A Palestinian sanitation worker was killed today in an Israeli drone strike in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Canada announces $100M in new humanitarian aid for Palestinians. From Middle East Monitor. The funding, announced by Foreign Minister Anita Anand on Friday in Paris, will be delivered in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank through UN agencies, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and nongovernmental organizations providing assistance on the ground. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 12  Israel expanding Gaza ‘yellow line’ to derail ceasefire talks, says Hamas. From Middle East Monitor. Palestinian group Hamas said Friday that Israel’s continued movement of the “yellow line” westward inside the Gaza Strip and expansion of control over Palestinian land aim to “blow up the negotiation track and thwart the efforts being made” to consolidate the ceasefire, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 12  When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts, by Ahmed Asmar | Middle East Monitor  There is no better place to begin this article than with the words of Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s National Security Minister. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED