First, link to three reports: from the Associated Press and Anadolu Agency; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-17-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for today, so far, are HERE or HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Over 30 Palestinians killed trying to reach U.S. group’s food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP   DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops opened fire today toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.-, Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency.

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FROM JULY 18  Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church, by Waffa Shurafa, Julia Frankel and Fatma Khaled | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and wounded 10, including . . . READ MORE . . .

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