For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, the Anadolu Agency, Reuters, National Public Radio, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and VENEZUELA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza’s tent camps, by Wafaa Shurafa and Mohammed Jahjouh | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, caused by appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes, along with the summer heat and the collapse of sanitation . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.
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Gaza has become ‘world’s largest extermination camp’: Turkish president, by Esra Tekin and Seda Sevencan | Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL — Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today said that the Gaza Strip has become the “world’s largest extermination camp,” adding that Israel has committed an atrocity that will “outshine Hitler.” READ MORE . . .
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Israeli forces quit east Khan Younis, Palestinians recover dozens of bodies, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem | Reuters CAIRO / KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Thousands of Palestinians returned to their homes in the ruins of Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis today, after Israeli forces ended a week-long incursion there which . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel has delayed the evacuation of sick children in Gaza. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR Israel agreed to allow 150 seriously ill and injured children in Gaza to leave for medical treatment. But after an attack blamed on Lebanese Hezbollah, Israel’s prime minister suspended that approval. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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What went wrong with the U.S.-built floating pier designed to get aid into Gaza. Reported by Steve Walsh | NPR The pier built by the U.S. military to get aid into Gaza cost $230 million. It broke apart early on, and critics say it did little to help people in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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UK government offers no timetable for decision on arms sales to Israel, by Dania Akkad and Imran Mulla | Middle East Eye The UK government offered no timetable today for its anticipated decision over whether to continue licensing arms exports to Israel as parliament prepared to break for its summer recess. READ MORE . . .