For today, links to four reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, and Reuters, and to commentary from ScheerPost; other articles or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 6-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down. SYRIA, LEBANON, MEDIA, IRAN and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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International charities and NGOs call for end to controversial Israeli-backed aid group in Gaza, by Samy Magdy | AP CAIRO — Dozens of international charities and non-governmental organizations, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Amnesty, today called for an Israeli and U.S.-backed aid mechanism for Gaza to disband over repeated incidents of chaos and deadly violence against Palestinians heading toward its sites. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. approves $510 million arms deal for Israel. From Middle East Monitor. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal in favour of Israel, which the State Department said on Monday includes over 7,000 guidance kits for two different types of Joint Direct Attack Munition. READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s Netanyahu expects to meet Trump next week in the U.S. From Reuters. JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today he expects to travel to the United States next week for meetings with President Donald Trump, after a “great victory” in a 12-day war with Iran last month. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli officials to hold ceasefire talks in Washington amid military escalation in Gaza, by Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli planes and tanks struck heavily in north and south Gaza today, destroying clusters of homes, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s confidant was in Washington, expected to discuss a possible ceasefire. Thousands of residents again . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 30 Gaza’s hunger games, by Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost The report in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, that Israeli soldiers are ordered to shoot into crowds of Palestinians at aid hubs, with 580 killed and 4,216 wounded, is not a surprise. It is the predictable denouement of the genocide, the inevitable conclusion to a campaign of mass extermination. READ MORE . . .
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