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For today, links to nine reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Mondoweiss, Anadolu Agency, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Mondoweiss and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive, leaving dozens of bodies, rescue service says, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long military offensive, leaving dozens of dead and wrecked homes and roads in the Palestinian enclave’s biggest urban area, residents and rescue service said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and AFP.
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FROM JULY 11 ‘We have nothing’: Palestinians return to utter destruction in Gaza City after Israeli withdrawal. From AP. SHIJAIYAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians returned to breathtaking scenes of destruction in the Gaza City district of Shijaiyah after Israeli troops withdrew, ending a two-week offensive there. Civil defense workers said Thursday that so far, they had found the bodies of 60 people in the rubble. Families . . . READ MORE . . .
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Gaza talks explore alternative to Israeli troops on Gaza-Egypt border, by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Maayan Lubell | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli and Egyptian ceasefire negotiators are in talks about an electronic surveillance system along the border between Gaza and Egypt that could allow Israel to pull back its troops from the area if a ceasefire is agreed, according to two Egyptian sources and a third source familiar with the matter. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 11 Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response and disorganization, by Josef Federman | AP JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks last Oct. 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released the results of its first investigation into failures during the assault that triggered the war in Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 10 Israel’s leading paper says its own army deliberately killed Israelis on Oct. 7. But in the U.S. media: silence, by James North | Mondoweiss / ScheerPost / Popular Resistance Three days ago, Israel’s leading newspaper Haaretz, published the results of its thorough, comprehensive investigation into what actually happened when Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. So far, the U.S. mainstream media has not said a word . . . READ MORE . . .
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Türkiye will not approve attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO: President Erdogan, by Diyar Guldogan | Anadolu Agency WASHINGTON — “It is not possible for the Israeli administration, which has trampled on the fundamental values of our alliance, to continue its partnership relationship with NATO,” Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Thursday in Washington after the NATO leaders’ summit. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 11 Jordan reiterates support for Egypt demand for Israeli to withdraw from Rafah. From Middle East Monitor. Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Al-Safadi, has reiterated the kingdom’s full support for Egypt’s demand for the Israeli occupation army to withdraw from the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing so that aid can flow into the besieged Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 8 Why the Israeli army is expanding its invasion of Gaza City, by Tareq S. Hajjaj | Mondoweiss The Israeli army’s invasion of Gaza City’s eastern Shuja’iyya neighborhood has entered its second week, and it is now spreading to other parts of the city. The entire city is being put under siege, with . . . READ MORE . . .
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The West’s false image of reality is collapsing, by Marco Carnelos | Middle East Eye Dating back to tsarist Russia, the Potemkin village is a figure of speech for a representation of reality that is quite different from the truth. For years, western democracies built their own Potemkin village to. . . READ MORE . . .