For today, links to eight reports from the Associated Press, the Anadolu Agency, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Rivals Hamas and Fatah sign a declaration to form a future government as war rages in Gaza, by Jack Jeffery, Tia Goldenberg and Huizhong Wu | AP RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a declaration in Beijing vowing to form a government together, the groups said today, in the latest attempt at resolving their long rivalry. READ MORE . . .
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Palestinian control of Gaza ‘won’t happen,’ Israel says after Beijing talks. From the Anadolu Agency Israel today slammed an agreement between Palestinian factions aimed at maintaining control over the Gaza Strip following Israel’s ongoing war. Palestinian groups, including rival Hamas and Fatah movement, agreed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, by Melanie Lidman| AP JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to the anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 22 Israel sends tanks back into Khan Younis area, 70 killed after new evacuation order, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Ari Rabinovitch and Hatem Khaled | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM / GAZA –Israel sent tanks back into the greater Khan Younis area after ordering evacuations of some districts it said had been used for renewed attacks by militants and at least 70 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, Gaza medics said on Monday. READ MORE . . .
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WHO ‘extremely worried’ at prospect of polio, other outbreaks in Gaza. From AFP. GENEVA — A top World Health Organization official said today he was “extremely worried” over possible outbreaks in war-torn Gaza after poliovirus was detected in the sewage, warning that communicable diseases could cause more deaths than injuries. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Anadolu Agency and Reuters.
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FROM JULY 22 Israeli parliament passes bill to close Unrwa, labels it ‘terrorist organization. From Middle East Eye. Israel’s parliament has passed three bills, in their first readings, to close the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) and designate it a “terrorist organization”. READ MORE . . .