For now, links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Monitor, and a commentary from Z Network; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 8-1-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 2  Israeli energy minister says no deal reached to halt attacks on Gaza as killings continue. From the Cradle. Israel has not agreed to stop military strikes in Gaza, a senior Israeli minister stated on Sunday, amid a new wave of Israeli attacks that killed at least nine Palestinians. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 2  Hamas says Israel escalating attacks to derail ceasefire understandings. From Middle East Monitor. Hamas accused Israel on Sunday of deliberately escalating its attacks on the Gaza Strip to derail understandings reached with mediators and the U.S. administration on completing implementation of the ceasefire agreement, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 31  The death count trap: Why tallying victims won’t stop Israel’s genocide, by Ramzy Baroud | Z Network  The words “killed,” “injured,” “maimed,” and the like often lose a great part of their meaning when they are repeated so relentlessly. Take, for example . . . READ MORE . . .

 

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