For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-12-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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28 Palestinians including children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said Saturday. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 11  A father mourns 2 sons killed in an Israeli strike as hunger worsens in Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Three brothers in the Gaza Strip woke up early to run to a local clinic to get “sweets,” their word for the emergency food supplements distributed by aid groups. By the time their father woke up . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza truce talks faltering over withdrawal, Palestinian and Israeli sources say, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell | Reuters  CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said today. READ MORE . . .

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