For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Anadolu Agency, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israeli airstrikes kill 38 Palestinians in Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa and Kareem Chehayeb | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials said today, as Israel’s military said it has struck over 100 targets in the embattled enclave in the past day. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency, and HERE for June 5 report from Middle East Monitor.
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A boy with a brain injury fights for his life in Gaza’s decimated health system, by Sarah el Deeb | AP BEIRUT — It’s as if the whole weight of Israel’s war in Gaza has fallen on Amr al-Hams. The 3-year-old has shrapnel in his brain from an Israeli strike on his family’s tent. His pregnant mother was killed. His father is paralyzed by grief over the death of his longtime sweetheart. Now . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel rushes to ‘depopulate’ northern Gaza before possible ceasefire: source, by Nour Abuaisha and Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency GAZA CITY, Palestine / ANKARA — Israel is racing against time to “depopulate” northern Gaza ahead of a possible ceasefire agreement, a Palestinian source said today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 5 Netanyahu says Hamas changes to ceasefire ‘unacceptable.’ From Middle East Eye. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late on Saturday that the amendments proposed by Hamas to the Qatari ceasefire framework were “not acceptable to Israel,” Haaretz reported, but he has agreed to . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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FROM JULY 5 The deadly risk of trying to reach food in Gaza. Reported by Anas Baba and Daniel Estrin | NPR An NPR journalist in Gaza describes his experience seeking food from a site run by private American contractors, facing Israeli military fire, crowds fighting for rations, and masked thieves. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM JULY 5 U.S. firm behind GHF modeled ‘voluntary relocation’ plan to expedite ethnic cleansing of Gaza: FT. From the Cradle. A major U.S. consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group, was tasked by Israeli backers to model the costs of “relocating” Palestinians from Gaza as part of a project “imagining” post-war Gaza reconstruction, a Financial Times investigation published on Saturday revealed. READ MORE . . .
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