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For today, links to three reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill 20 Palestinians as mediators make new push on cease-fire deal, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes early today killed 20 Palestinians in central Gaza, including six children and three women, some of them inside a purported “safe zone” declared by the Israeli military, hospital authorities said. This second straight night . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza airstrike hit as displaced gathered for soccer match, witnesses say, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled | Reuters  CAIRO / GAZA  An Israeli missile slammed into a tent encampment in southern Gaza on Tuesday just as displaced people had gathered to watch a football match at a school, eyewitnesses said today. Palestinian officials said at least 29 people, mostly women and children, were killed . . . READ MORE . . .

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The Pentagon plans to reinstall the floating pier off the Gaza coast. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Sacha Pfeiffer | NPR  The pier will be used to deliver long-stalled humanitarian aid. Will it finally live up to the Biden administration’s hopes? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JULY 8  Netanyahu goes for broke, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News / Popular Resistance  It is a matter of record that the Zionist project has had extensive territorial designs on the lands known as Palestine since at least the early 20th century. As others have argued, the Israelis’ . . . READ MORE . . .