For today, links to four reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israel’s army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help ramp up aid, by Josef Federman, Wafaa Shurafa, and Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM — Israel’s military announced today that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries destined for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its ninth month. The “tactical pause” applies to about 12 kilometers . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.   

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FROM JUNE 15  Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah, by James Mackenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  JERUSALEM / CAIRO — Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians. The soldiers, all members of a combat engineering . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for June 15 report from AP.